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Back in the Spring I had a major tune up at the local bike shop. Bike ran great after wards and rode it 2 or 3 times right after that. Unfortunatel she sat in the garage until a couple of weeks ago. I took a Sunday drive from Upstate South Carolina to Chattanooga, TN. for some BBQ :alcy: During the ride I had an "Idle" issue especially at lights, stop signs and just slowing down. When I would be in 1st Gear with clutch compressed the Idle speed would really jump up. If I would release the cluth just before it would engage(so I would not stall at light) the idle speed would go down.
My 1st thought was do I have an issue with my Throttle Cable?
2nd thought was since the bike had sat most of the summer "Evil Ethanol Gas" there is supposedly a 10% mixture with gas in my area. I know that can vary depending how long the gas may be sitting in the gasstation tanks.
Went down to the local bike shop and they were very helpful by listening to my issue and remember my bike from this past Spring" Appareantly they don't see too many ZR-7S's. The shop mgr. thinks that my issue is the dirty Carbs / Jets from Ethanol gas. His recomendation was to take the tank off and get into each Carb (one at a time) and check the jets and clean them. He said to be careful and make sure you mark where the throttle cable is for each one. I've also heard about putting Sea Foam in the tank and running it through the Carbs as well.
Any help on this issue. What do you all think the issue is? I will be taking my time and cleaning the Carbs myself. I think I read somwhere that a 1/4" tube is the size to drain the gas from the Carbs? Does this sound correct?
Thanks in advance for all suggestions and oppions on Ethanol Gas for now on I will be buying Ethanol "Free" gas from a local station I would rather pay .20 more and not have the issues. Also if I can't then I will be mixing Star*Tron Fueln Treatment in my tank. www.startron.com
My 1st thought was do I have an issue with my Throttle Cable?
2nd thought was since the bike had sat most of the summer "Evil Ethanol Gas" there is supposedly a 10% mixture with gas in my area. I know that can vary depending how long the gas may be sitting in the gasstation tanks.
Went down to the local bike shop and they were very helpful by listening to my issue and remember my bike from this past Spring" Appareantly they don't see too many ZR-7S's. The shop mgr. thinks that my issue is the dirty Carbs / Jets from Ethanol gas. His recomendation was to take the tank off and get into each Carb (one at a time) and check the jets and clean them. He said to be careful and make sure you mark where the throttle cable is for each one. I've also heard about putting Sea Foam in the tank and running it through the Carbs as well.
Any help on this issue. What do you all think the issue is? I will be taking my time and cleaning the Carbs myself. I think I read somwhere that a 1/4" tube is the size to drain the gas from the Carbs? Does this sound correct?
Thanks in advance for all suggestions and oppions on Ethanol Gas for now on I will be buying Ethanol "Free" gas from a local station I would rather pay .20 more and not have the issues. Also if I can't then I will be mixing Star*Tron Fueln Treatment in my tank. www.startron.com