Bike dies with choke after not storing properly...

seamuswh · May 15th, 2012, 06:26 PM

Hi guys, hopefully someone can help me with this.
I didn't winterize my ninja properly last fall (classic), hoping that my dad would run it from time to time to charge the battery and keep the fluids flowing. The battery died, however, so the bike ended up sitting for about 8 months. I can start it now, and it will run, but only with no choke. It idles quite high (around 3500 rpm) and the rpm will drop with only a very small amount of choke, and the bike dies with any substantial amount of choke. I've tried adjusting the idle screw, but I can't seem to get the idle rpm to less than about 3500. I've been running some seafoam through it and it seems to have helped a little bit, but not much.
I put in new fuel, etc, so I don't think the problem is rotten fuel. I'm not sure if it's the carbs either, because it runs fine with no choke and doesn't die when I give it throttle.
Sorry about the long post, but any help would be appreciated!!
thanks

Jiggles · May 15th, 2012, 09:12 PM

Clean the carbs

/thread

Domagoj · May 15th, 2012, 10:47 PM

How long was it running before you started to fiddle with it? Give it time, and perhaps the dirt will be flushed by the new clean fuel.

May 15th, 2012, 06:26 PM	#1
seamuswh ninjette.org newbie Name: Seamus Location: British Columbia Join Date: May 2012 Motorcycle(s): ninja 250, fz6 Posts: 1	Bike dies with choke after not storing properly... Hi guys, hopefully someone can help me with this. I didn't winterize my ninja properly last fall (classic), hoping that my dad would run it from time to time to charge the battery and keep the fluids flowing. The battery died, however, so the bike ended up sitting for about 8 months. I can start it now, and it will run, but only with no choke. It idles quite high (around 3500 rpm) and the rpm will drop with only a very small amount of choke, and the bike dies with any substantial amount of choke. I've tried adjusting the idle screw, but I can't seem to get the idle rpm to less than about 3500. I've been running some seafoam through it and it seems to have helped a little bit, but not much. I put in new fuel, etc, so I don't think the problem is rotten fuel. I'm not sure if it's the carbs either, because it runs fine with no choke and doesn't die when I give it throttle. Sorry about the long post, but any help would be appreciated!! thanks

May 15th, 2012, 09:12 PM	#2
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	Clean the carbs /thread __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

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May 15th, 2012, 10:47 PM	#3
Domagoj ninjette.org guru Name: Domagoj Location: Rijeka, Croatia Join Date: Aug 2010 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250r 2009 Posts: 396	How long was it running before you started to fiddle with it? Give it time, and perhaps the dirt will be flushed by the new clean fuel.