TA only starts with cracked throttle.

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Jaco L

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Honda TransAlp XL700V
Hi all.

My TA 700 recently developed a strange issue.

Sometimes it would swing when I want to start it, but it wont start.
If I start opening the throttle whilst turning the motor over it starts and idles as if absolutely nothing is wrong.
After this happens the FI light stays on until I switch the bike of and start again.
The bike will start easily after this happens.
This seems to happen more often when the bike is parked uphill.
I assume this is a fueling issue?

It has done this maybe about 6 times in the past year, but 4 of those times has been in the past 2 weeks.
About 3 weeks ago I checked the valve clearance, did everything exactly by the book and took my time to make sure everything is 100%
The only thing I changed was to remove the slack/play on the throttle cables.

Anybody have an idea what is wrong?
 
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