bornloser
New Member
So I went cheap the other day and just put the lowest of the low octane in my xs400's tank at the gas station and I immediately regret the decision. I started losing power in spurts on my 40 mile ride home from work about ten miles out from the gas station in the form of slow or no response from the throttle then the engine puttered out like it was running too lean a fuel mixture. Managed to get the bike home and have started playing with it to see whats what.
The bike will start up with the choke half open and then idles up pretty high but dies if I adjust the choke. What strikes me as oddest is that if I crank the throttle from a flat idle the bike just sputters out. Any ideas?
The bike will start up with the choke half open and then idles up pretty high but dies if I adjust the choke. What strikes me as oddest is that if I crank the throttle from a flat idle the bike just sputters out. Any ideas?