choking bike during traffic

[Fast Eddy B]

Try this on you bike and then speak. Put the choke on and then without touching the throttle slowly start letting go of the clutch in first. See what happens. Do the same on a car. Observe the difference.

- Bogdan

Moto? Izzat you Moto? MotoF150? Hmm...

Right, my last car was an 87 Honda Civic GL (i had it from 1992 to 2003, manual trans, manual choke. So I've done this close to a thousand times. From cold, it lets the engine idle without stalling, as it warms up it pulls the car more and more, feeling unsafe when braking, then to full heat, where the revs drop sharply, and the engine runs very roughly. I learned to push the choke in when the first sign of 'pulling' happened.

Given the choice between relying in the choke as a 'crutch' or actually getting some proper training, let's go for proper training shall we? Good. That's that.

[Bubba]

this is my 1st week on my used 2002 gxr600. i live in south florida in between retirement communities. so in other words i have seen some pretty impaired driving. understanding my worries. when i take my bike out during traffic. i keep the choke half way cause im not yet skilled in easing on the trottle under 4 rpms or such. any experiences or suggestions? or does everyone ride with the choke on a little?

Keeping the choke on all the time is not a good idea.

I'd suggest you take the bike to an empty lot and practice, practice, practice.

You might try another route.

[Kal]

Try this on you bike and then speak. Put the choke on and then without touching the throttle slowly start letting go of the clutch in first. See what happens. Do the same on a car. Observe the difference.

- Bogdan

Same thing happens, bike creeps forwards, car creeps forwards. Only ever done this from start up.

If I am riding the Trike then wapping the throttle wide open with full choke on puts the revs somewhere beyond 11,000rpm - if I drop the clutch while doing this the front end comes clear off the ground. <:)

Cars with manual chokes aren't that old... are they???

[ceemes]

Cars with manual chokes aren't that old... are they???

They are, they disappeared not long after the manual spark advance/re tard (note to admin: the word re tard has other uses other then mentally challenged) switch.....think the last four wheeled vehicle I drove that had a manual choke was one of these:

'74 Pattern Jeep


Picture was taken in '81 at CFB Gagetown, probably during exercise RV'81. I was there, but my jeep came with a fancy revolving red light and special noise maker......