[DumbLuck]

moving the lever pulls the cable which pulls a rail to the side lifting a plunger on each carb opening a passage that allows more fuel directly to the motor when startin cold. "Fuel Enrichment System" is the "official" name, but everybody calls it a "choke" anywho. (a choke closes a plate in the entrance of the carb "choking" off the airflow thus making the motor pull more gas and less air than normal thru the carb to start when cold)

Few weeks back at our Fix Um Up day i had to take a can of Marvel Mystery Lube spray and work over a choke cable to get it freed up. Took about a half hour of putzing and spraying and workin the cable. Dennis Kirk has new cables for like $12 plus shipping.

[md86]

ok so i fixed the choke and that totally fixed my startup problem...

i saw that the choke pulls out, not up and down, so i attached a zip tie to it and now i can pull the choke with the zip tie.. Bike starts up every time now :P

Been there , done that . TWICE even , on mine AND someone else's . Nice work !

[ja5983]

zip ties fix EVERYTHING

[Trackerrrr]

If you decide to change out the choke cable shoot CyberPoet a PM, he carries all that stuff.

[chinto]

If you decide to change out the choke cable shoot CyberPoet a PM, he carries all that stuff.

The 88's don't use a choke cable.