Your choke run time sounds about right. With the .022" bit on mine, it only runs smoothly on the choke for about 5 seconds. I'm surprised, however, that both in your case and mine, the bike will idle that quickly after turning off the choke. You'd think the engine would still be too cold and want to die without some more fuel. I usually go ahead and twist in a tiny bit of idle adjustment while I'm putting on my helmet and such, but you can tell that the bike will run darned smoothly almost immediately after turning off the choke.

 

I had the same problem--just my '09 was hard to start anytime the engine was off--cold or hot. I tried all the tricks--it would crank and crank, but not turn over. Finally, it would start after a few minutes of coercing. I ran two treatments of Sea Foam through the tank (the bike sat over a year at the dealer before I bought it) and then things started to improve (at about 350 miles). The bike would start cold, but struggle when it was hot. I ran one last treatment of Sea Foam through it at 450 miles and now it starts hot or cold without an issue. I have 600 miles on it now. I also made a habit of using the kill switch when I shut down the bike, as well as turning off the fuel at the pet **** after every ride. It seems to have worked for me. I was hoping I wouldn't have to do any mods. I will keep you updated.

 

My 09 was very hard to start by after the rejet, pipe, and muff it starts much easier.

 

Wow! What a difference . I installed the jet kit and drilled the hole, NOW it starts up on the first try everytime.

 

How do we know if we are running as lean as possible to have clean, crisp fuel delivery?

What MPG are you getting with : Hard riding? Normal riding?

 

How do you know when the air/fuel mixture needs adjusting?

 

How deep do you drill in?

 

If you are talking about the starter jet - all the way through. Above, you say the rejet and hole drilled out solved your starting issue. What are you trying to accomplish? Have you got a Kouba screw?

 

Yes, it did but now its doing the same thing again. Dont know why.
1-After i bought it everything worked fine and it turned on at the first push of the starter
--A month later it has starting issues

2--I rejet it and everything works as before, starting on the first push
---Now im having the same issue as before. It takes about 4 pushes to start.

That is why im going to try to drill the starter jet.

 

i had the same problem. my problem was a dirty/clogged pilot jet. i pulled out my carb, removed all the plastic parts, removed the jets and boiled the carb and jets in water for 10 min. now it starts up on first crank everytime, hot or cold.