Hi all,
I just recently got a 2001 katana 600 with a D&D slip exhaust no jetting and have a Castrol R4 Race 5W/30 moptor oil in it and I don't know if the bike is just really really cold blooded bike or what but are the symptoms I have below normal or could it be something else.
*When I start my bike from not riding in 3 days the bike just die when it warms up(when I turn off the choke the idle just goes down and down and off), so what I do is just ride the bike (in city streets) and make sure that I hold the throttle on stop light so it won't die (the bike just wont hold the idle) during this period I noticed too that my acceleration in 1st and 2nd gear below 3000 rpm is sluggish/hesitant. But after about 25 minutes the idle speed is ok(around 1300 rpm) and won't die anymore and the sluggishness is gone, overall normal. This scenario happened twice now.
* If the bike sits overnight only I noticed that when I pulled off the choke when the engine warms up the idle settles to 1000 rpm and for the first 20 minutes or so of riding (in city streets) it will stay there in every stop light and the acceleration is sluggish/hesitant. But after 20 minutes when the engine really warms up (I guess) the idle speed is back to normal (1300rpm) and the bike rides normal.
Are those symptoms normal? The bike have a slip exhaust but not jetted, will jetting helps? or I'm better off in putting the oem stock exhaust? I ride the bike to work only tuesday to friday thats why it sits for 3 days everytime. Thanks in advance for any info and help.
By the way whenever I start it I always pull the choke all the way out and then when it warms up and the idle hit around 4000 rpm I slowly push back the choke so that it will idle around 2000 rpm (with choke) and let it sit there for about a minute or two then push the choke all the way back(off). and depending if the bike sits 3 days or overnight thats when the symptoms above happens.
Thanks,
Derick
I just recently got a 2001 katana 600 with a D&D slip exhaust no jetting and have a Castrol R4 Race 5W/30 moptor oil in it and I don't know if the bike is just really really cold blooded bike or what but are the symptoms I have below normal or could it be something else.
*When I start my bike from not riding in 3 days the bike just die when it warms up(when I turn off the choke the idle just goes down and down and off), so what I do is just ride the bike (in city streets) and make sure that I hold the throttle on stop light so it won't die (the bike just wont hold the idle) during this period I noticed too that my acceleration in 1st and 2nd gear below 3000 rpm is sluggish/hesitant. But after about 25 minutes the idle speed is ok(around 1300 rpm) and won't die anymore and the sluggishness is gone, overall normal. This scenario happened twice now.
* If the bike sits overnight only I noticed that when I pulled off the choke when the engine warms up the idle settles to 1000 rpm and for the first 20 minutes or so of riding (in city streets) it will stay there in every stop light and the acceleration is sluggish/hesitant. But after 20 minutes when the engine really warms up (I guess) the idle speed is back to normal (1300rpm) and the bike rides normal.
Are those symptoms normal? The bike have a slip exhaust but not jetted, will jetting helps? or I'm better off in putting the oem stock exhaust? I ride the bike to work only tuesday to friday thats why it sits for 3 days everytime. Thanks in advance for any info and help.
By the way whenever I start it I always pull the choke all the way out and then when it warms up and the idle hit around 4000 rpm I slowly push back the choke so that it will idle around 2000 rpm (with choke) and let it sit there for about a minute or two then push the choke all the way back(off). and depending if the bike sits 3 days or overnight thats when the symptoms above happens.
Thanks,
Derick
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