Slow to warm up.

[MidlifeVenture]

Even on hot days Ohio that might be 80 I need to choke to start then half in for a short time:confused24:

[Guest retusn]

I have to choke my 01 with 14k on it almost every time to get it started and leave the choke on for about a minute. Let it idle long enough to put my helmet, gloves, and jacket on. By then it is usually warmed up enough to not sputter when I take off. It has always been that way since I bought it. I will be syncing the carbs after the Christmas and hope this helps the overall proformance.

[Seaking]

For an '01 with less than 5K miles is in no doubt that it sat very long in a garage before being started again. I have very little knowledge on the Venture Carb system, but I am almost certain that it is a carb and fuel issue. +1 on the 44K additive...I've heard good reports about that in this forum but rather expensive. To put the bike on choke for more than 5 minutes is way too long. When I ride on 20° temps, I only choke my bike for almost about a minute and simply let it idle to warm up for up to 4 to 5 minutes.

 

I hope you can get that bike behave normally. It is a good find. Good Luck.

 

I put the 44k in the bike late this season so reaaaalllly can't say what it does for mileage or otherwise, it was cold cold up here so choke would have been needed regardless anyway to start the bike.. but it did make the throttle very responsive if nothing else.. awesome stuff.

 

On a typical day I would put full choke, twist the throttle once, start the bike and go to 1/2 choke a few secs later, and off choke completely as soon as possible.. mostly outside air temp (OAT) would dictate how long I leave it on choke, really..

 

Seems every bike is different.. I doubt anyone can start their bikes 100% of the time without any choke at all.. well maybe Goose

[N3FOL]

Very interesting. I have an 09 with a little over 10k on it. At first after Sleeperhawk and I synced the carbs it would start right up with out choke, that was prior to break in, now I have to use the choke more and more for a longer period. Maybe it's time to look at the sync again.

 

May be a good time to replace spark plugs as well, if you haven't done that yet. fyi, your local auto parts store should carry the OEM NGK plugs. I got mine at Advance Auto for a buck and some change each.

[N3FOL]

I put the 44k in the bike late this season so reaaaalllly can't say what it does for mileage or otherwise, it was cold cold up here so choke would have been needed regardless anyway to start the bike.. but it did make the throttle very responsive if nothing else.. awesome stuff.

 

On a typical day I would put full choke, twist the throttle once, start the bike and go to 1/2 choke a few secs later, and off choke completely as soon as possible.. mostly outside air temp (OAT) would dictate how long I leave it on choke, really..

 

Seems every bike is different.. I doubt anyone can start their bikes 100% of the time without any choke at all.. well maybe Goose

 

For my bike if it sat all night regardless of the outside temperature, I still have to pull the choke to start it. Once the bike is warmed up pretty good, you can sense the sound of the engine and it is ready to go.

 

The Venture carbs does need a lot of TLC...our Venture does not need to sit in the garage too long.

[YamaDuck]

I'm going to change the plugs and pull the carbs this Sunday. This bike you have to leave on full choke for about 5 minutes then 1/2 choke for probably another 5 minutes. The idle adjusting screw is starting to work but very slow to respond and the choke is difficult to push in and out son I think at the very least it needs a good cleaning.

[Squidley]

FWIW

Every one of my Ventures 1st and 2nd gen have been cold blooded. All of them have had a different ways of warming up, just the nature of the beast I figure. I wouldn't be overly concerned, but would make sure that the carbs are synced and the float levels are properly adjusted

[YamaDuck]

I have a 2006 Road Star and a 2000 MM Venture and they both take a little choking but not much. This one takes an awful lot. It just seems to me to be to much difference in the way this one acts as apposed to the other two bikes. I put about 60 miles on it today and the can of Seafoam I put in the tank definitely is making a difference. I'm going to spray the idle screw and choke with carb cleaner tomorrow and see how much that helps. The saddlebag latches would not hardly open until I greased them up and now they work fine. I tried the cruise control today and it didn't work. I suspect it has never been used so I need to check and make sure everythink is greased up and moving freely and the electrical connections are making good contact. I feel that the cruise control is like everything else in that it is just gummed up. The throttle is a little slow returning when you release the throttle. There again I think it just needs a little oil and some cleaning.

[YamaDuck]

Just an update. The Seafoam seems to be doing the job. The more I run it the easier it is getting to start. It still has a ways to go but I'm a lot closer than I was. I sprayed the choke and idle adjustment knob and worked both back and forth and they are freeing up. They are still a little stiff but a lot better than they were. Sunday is still on for taking the carb off and cleaning it real good. We are going to change the four pilot jets and change the oil and filter along with plugging the AIS system. I'll keep you updated.

[YamaDuck]

Alright we just cleaned the carb and put new pilot jets in (stock) and new plugs and changed the oil and filter and changed the fuel filter (what a pain). We did this on Sunday and it took about 5 1/2 hrs to take everything apart and clean and put back together. The first thing we did was the Tuesday before we cleaned the carb I put in a whole can of Seafoam. I believe this done the most good of all.

 

When I picked the bike up the previous owner said he had been warming the bike up for tem minutes and that the bike was cold natured. I pushed in the choke after 10 minutes of warming up an she died. I had to take the test ride with the choke out to keep the bike from stalling. The choke was very difficult to push in and out. The idle adjustment did not hardly work and was set to low.

 

A lot of people responded that theirs has always been hard to start and I'm sure they have. But a lot of the problem some people have had I believe is from their bikes sitting on the show room floor for months or even years. I believe their gas goes bad and gums up the carbs. The bikes run fine at highway speeds but are difficult to warm up and I believe the pilot jets are the culprit.

 

After putting in 1 full can of Seafoam in a fresh tank of gas the bike was a lot (I repeat) a lot easier to start. Ahter the work we did on Sunday the bike will start without any choke what so ever. Now having said that if you try to give it any throttle the bike will try to die so you need high idle foe maybe 15 to 20 seconds then you can push the choke in and it will idle fine. It still needs about another minute or two to completely warm up so it does not try to stall when you try to give it some gas. Now I don't know how much of this had to do with the spark plugs as I didn't test with the old plugs in.

 

So I think it is running 1000 % better now. :banana::thumbsup2: