Hi all as you will see I am new to this forum as I finally came to my senses and sold my Harley and got out of that pathetic scene of patches, chapters and rules and have now gone back to a proper bike, I now proudly own a 1997 adventurer with a manual choke which I cant get used to so could any one tell me is there any way I can fit a aoto choke and how difficult would it be. many thanks:
Hi and congrats on getting a real bike. I am no expert and someone will probably be along soon who is, but I would not think it possible and certainly not easy to do this. I have a Sprint which has basically the same engine as your bike and the choke on mine is easy to operate. i just lift the lever and press the starter, no throttle ( mine will not start with throttle), and the engine fires. the revs rise and I back the choke off . If it is cold,like now, I leave a tiny bit of choke on for a couple of minutes riding before I knock it fully off. This just gives me a faster tickover to avoid stalls on a cold engine. Dont know if this will be any use but good luck anyway. This is not connected to your query but make sure your battery is top notch because you do not want sprag problems.
Hi and welcome to the forum and back to the normal biking world, you may get a few other bikes acknowledge you on the road now :smile: Sorry but I've not had bikes with a choke for a while now but Dave's advice looks good.
You WILL get used to a manual choke, given time and a fair wind!! :biggrin: Just be grateful it has a left foot gearchange and no kickstarter!!
Many thanks dave and I must say you are right about buying a real bike and not buying a image. thanks for your help and advice, but was it a spelling mistake ( sprag ) or am I missing something !!
Hi and welcome to the froum - different bike (04 Bonnie) but has a manual choke and carbs. Never had a problem but it's best to use full choke and no throttle to start. I usually start the bike and then helmet and glove up and then I only need ride about 500 yards with full choke to the junction at the end of my road and then push it in once I'm on the main road.
No it wasnt a spelling mistake mate. The sprag clutch is to do with your starter motor and if it goes like mine did,it is a very expensive repair on the later bikes. The early ones pre 95 have an access plate and it is quite easy. What causes them to fail is a weak battery or continual pressing of the starter which causes the clutch to kick back and try to go backwards which knackers it.
Hi and welcome to the forum Best suggestion to help the sprag clutch is buy a good battery (I use Motobatts which are brilliant) Also make sure you keep the maintenance up on the bike and get the valve clearances checked regularly and you will have a very enjoyable bike to ride Cheers Steve
