Got my first hick-ups today, but first a wee bit of history
When I first started the bike last Friday, it didn't want to.
it took about a minute of running and running the starter motor with the choke on, off...
once it fired up it idled irregular for a few seconds and then settled down
every consecutive start went well, the engine firing up in a split second
but every morning (with a cold engine) I'd have to spend 30seconds to a minute torturing the poor starter motor
Then LeCap told me that my bike idled slower than his DR's
a Quick adjustment of the idling screw and the problem went away.
yay!
and now the hick-up story (hopefully unrelated to the first)
then today on the N1 the bike started surging and suddenly cut out
I gave it a minute and fired her up
after a few seconds at idle it died again
didn't want to start again
gave it a minute
started and died after a few seconds
it got progressively better but every time I touched the throttle things would sputter to a halt
fuel starvation - that's what went through my mind
I did flush the new tank with petrol but I remembered that I did not flush the 10l Addis jerry when I transferred the fuel
looking down and into the tank confirmed my fears
there was some gunk that looked like dust in the bottom of the tank
I shook the bike around a bit
turned the idle screw on high and swung the engine
she protested but did eventually fire up
soon she was idling smoothly and I could lower the idling speed to normal again
I assume a speck of dust fouled up the jet
Tonight I'll have to take off that damn tank again and flush it. It took me over two hours to put it on!
I'll try to save some of the fuel by filtering it through a paper towel but most will probably have to be chucked
