{"id":10212,"date":"2021-03-15T12:10:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T18:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=10212"},"modified":"2021-03-14T18:12:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T00:12:21","slug":"the-connies-running-great-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/the-connies-running-great-again\/","title":{"rendered":"The Connie’s Running Great Again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’m so happy to have this bike running well again, and without a big service charge.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Hallelujah! At the smallest possible cost my 1999 Kawasaki Concours is running great again. If I was a mechanic I would have known what to do a long time ago.<\/p>\n

You’ll recall that I met a guy in the neighborhood<\/a>, Eric, who has a garage full of bikes and a Jeep. He was in coveralls and was working on something in his garage so I assumed it was safe to bet that he was a mechanic, at least to whatever degree. More than me, for sure. So I described the issue to him and asked what he thought.<\/p>\n

OK, I guess first I need to add the latest info I had derived. I had tried riding the bike again and while it started up and ran OK while warming up, when I tried to ride away it balked. Then I had the idea to give it some choke. It ran fine on choke while warming up. Maybe that would help. And it did. So I described all this to Eric.<\/p>\n

His immediate answer was that the carburetors needed to be cleaned. If it runs on choke but not without choke, it’s the carbs. OK, now we’re getting somewhere. So I called my mechanic, Joel, and asked him. He agreed: carbs. He suggested I get some Lucas jet cleaner and pour it in the gas tank. So I did that.<\/p>\n

I certainly hoped for results but I expected them to be gradual. Nope. The bike fired up and ran really great. Even when I turned down the choke it ran great. So I got on and rode off. Holy cow, this thing had more power than I remember it having for a long time! I pulled on I-225 and rolled on the throttle and it screamed!<\/p>\n

Now, I have to say, this immediate change makes me a little nervous. Could it be that this Lucas stuff is like jet fuel and that’s what is giving the bike this pep? When this tank of gas is gone and I refill the tank will the pep be gone? Or were the jets just dirty and had been for a long time?<\/p>\n

I won’t know for a while now, especially since we’re in the middle of multi feet of snow at this moment but boy is that a relief to have this bike running well again. Yahoo!<\/p>\n

Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n

We know you’re a poser if your saddle bags say “Gucci.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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