Engine Stalls on stopping

[Bill_on_a_bike]

And no, i'm not stalling it.

Evertime i stop the bike stalls. When I change gear it feels like it's going to stop, and the revs in general feel less.....powerful than they should be.

I know the bike's been running rich for a while, and also the other night it dropped from standing on the right hand side (ie. throttle grip) but it just dug in to the mud of my garden about half an inch?

Any ideas anyone?

I think i might overhaul the whole carb/throttle cable / throttle grip system this winter.......atleast.......try

[yorbandit]

Will it sit there ticking over with out any choke ???

[Guest]

was it cold outside ?

if so could be carb freezing ...

[Stu]

what bike we talking about ?

try giving the air filter a clean and adjusting the idle

[Bill_on_a_bike]

Yes- It will idle with no choke

Yes- It was bloody cold outside.....beleive me

It's an SR 125 Stu.

Checked the air filter but haven't mucked with the idle. Think the float height's wrong anyway.

[Guest]

My 125 does that .... Try new plugs and new oil filter and oil change. clean that carb out too

[j_ase]

I have to agree with the Idle needing adjusting. I thought you only got carb icing while the bike was moving and you have come off the throttle. Well my Ninja is like that.

[Bill_on_a_bike]

I have to agree with the Idle needing adjusting. I thought you only got carb icing while the bike was moving and you have come off the throttle. Well my Ninja is like that.

 

That's exactly what it was doing, it didn't do it in my garden standing still.

[j_ase]

I tended to find that when the carbs iced I couldn't accelerate at worst I wold just pull over and let the bike run or a bit. I haven't heard of any other bikes having the same problem....

You could try a bit of redex or something similar to see what happens, some people have said that soem high octane stuff will help. I think theres a thread about carb icing somewhere on here, if not pm me and I can send you all the info I have on carb icing...

[Guest]

Could be dirt in the petrol tank.

[Stu]

to stop carb icing you want silkolene proFST