carb icing??

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VeetyR
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carb icing??

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anyone know if storms suffer this??? .....when i left home this morn it was -1 degrees C ...... bike started ok but for the first 20 mins of my ride it felt like it was running out of petrol......u know that dragging feeling u get.....conked out a couple of times at the lights and was tickin over at about 800rpm :? ..... After a while it stopped ticked over normally and gave me no more jip.......is this carb icing i am suffering with??

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I don't think so John'O.
The rads pipe hot coolant through the carbs so it's unlikely. Mine always used to be a bit of a pig in really cold weather. I think it has more to do with all that Icy air going down those rather large inlets.
I did find that Harley Idle Boost cured it though.

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Post by KarlosVTR »

mine gets it like an absolute b8stard

even though the carbs are supposed to be heated, the throats dont seem to be. its got so bad, im considering a de icer injector system :D
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Post by Squiffythewombat »

or you could put some 916 injectors on it :D
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Post by KarlosVTR »

hmm that might be a tad difficult :D

fuel map etc might be needed for starters.....
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Post by lee67 »

a nip of silkolene pro fst in every full tank, stops any probs... :wink:
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Post by VeetyR »

lee67 wrote:a nip of silkolene pro fst in every full tank, stops any probs... :wink:

Cheers lee will look into that....was a complete tw@t again this morning :(
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Re: carb icing??

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VeetyR wrote:.....when i left home this morn it was -1 degrees C ......
Ouch, get a car? :)
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Post by lee67 »

your lucky it was -4 here :?
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Post by Beast »

As lee mentioned addictive in the tank will work.
Mine plays up occasionly until it warms up.
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