Dumb move-- rode with choke on-- hurt anything?

[Valkcurious]

Dumb move this morn-- cold morn early morning ride -- started her up and forgot to unchoke-- drove about 20 miles wondering why she was sounding funny .  No idle-- all the stuff you might expect. Dumb question--did this cause any damage? ( s

[R J]

NO, but ya might want to run the pee out of her for a few miles to get that excess carbon out of the cylinder heads from being way too rich.

Other than that, ride her like ya stole her.

[Jess from VA]

Many do it from time to time, few admit it.  LOL

May carbon up your plugs a bit, but I've done it for 30-40 miles and no issue at all, other than the forehead smack.

[Valkcurious]

Ha! Yeah still have the red mark from the forehead smack... Took her out on the freeway and opened her up to 100 mph.... That was fun ( first time).

[ricoman]

No damage as noted.
I cannot believe anyone would publicly admit to doing that  
I would have referenced that "I heard of someone who did it", or I had a friend who...."

[old2soon]

No damage as noted.
I cannot believe anyone would publicly admit to doing that  
I would have referenced that "I heard of someone who did it", or I had a friend who...."

Yeah-maybe. BUT we would KNOW who it was.  As i recollect various forehead slaps over the years!!  RIDE SAFE.

[Grandpot]

Just read the little saying I have at the bottom of this reply. 

[mmurffy03]

thank god you have a kickstand down kill switch

[Thunderbolt]

I "had a friend that did that once", he had to change two plugs that fouled. 

[FryeVRCCDS0067]

Many do it from time to time, few admit it.  LOL

May carbon up your plugs a bit, but I've done it for 30-40 miles and no issue at all, other than the forehead smack.

Yep. I've done it too. Worried all day while working about Little Martha not running right on the way in. Soon as I walked out and saw her in the daylight I knew what I'd done. My friends think the palm print on my forehead is a tattoo.

[Valkcurious]

    "mmurffy03
thank god you have a kickstand down kill switch".      You must have discovered that the hard way...;-)

[Jess from VA]

Many do it from time to time, few admit it.  LOL

May carbon up your plugs a bit, but I've done it for 30-40 miles and no issue at all, other than the forehead smack.

Yep. I've done it too. Worried all day while working about Little Martha not running right on the way in. Soon as I walked out and saw her in the daylight I knew what I'd done. My friends think the palm print on my forehead is a tattoo.

If Little Martha is your bike's handle..... pray tell who is Big Martha?   

[tank_post142]

as i recall we had a member do a pretty good job on his bike, while on the dragon,  after disconnecting his kickstand switch! 

[Bigun]

Had a carb that was causing me problems, Loaded the gas with seafoam and ran it with the chokes on to get as much gas flow as possible. Seemed to work then had a hydrolock a week later.

[CoachDoc]

I had an old Renault years ago with one of the earliest automatic chokes that got stuck fully choked on a trip. Drove about 200 miles like that before  I could fix it, and there was no long term damage, but I did note that my oil clearly was diluted, lowering the viscosity. Presumably the mix was rich enough that unburned gas ran past the rings into the crankcase. If you're anywhere close to the mileage for changing your oil, might be a good idea to pull the trigger and change it now.

[valky1500]

One thing about running it with the enricheners open longer than they should be and forgetting to close them...

it will stall out when it should be idling at the next stop sign.

The simple remedy here is to close them before starting it up again and wind it out for a few miles. 

[FryeVRCCDS0067]

Many do it from time to time, few admit it.  LOL

May carbon up your plugs a bit, but I've done it for 30-40 miles and no issue at all, other than the forehead smack.

Yep. I've done it too. Worried all day while working about Little Martha not running right on the way in. Soon as I walked out and saw her in the daylight I knew what I'd done. My friends think the palm print on my forehead is a tattoo.

If Little Martha is your bike's handle..... pray tell who is Big Martha?   

Ha! You knew I'd have to post the link Jess.    But......... My old PC crashed this week. I'm running a used one now with my old hard-drive in it and I can't get the video to play. You guys will have to let me know if it works.
NC Mountains (Allman Brothers - Little Martha)

[Jess from VA]

I remember that tune.  Saw them boys in an earlier life before they started riding into trees.

[FryeVRCCDS0067]

I remember that tune.  Saw them boys in an earlier life before they started riding into trees.

Wanted to name the scooter "Sky Dog" but it seemed like bad karma.

[Ricky-D]

Although there are those who would disagree,

I feel it is not accurate to compare the enrichment system on the Valkyrie to a choke system.

They are two completely different systems and work in completely different ways.

And therefore, I feel that there is no way you can adjust the enrichment to be halfway on. I feel it is either "on" or "off". I know,,,, you can adjust the lever..... but, that's not doing what is thought!

Just my opinion.

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[salty1]

Ha! Yeah still have the red mark from the forehead smack... Took her out on the freeway and opened her up to 100 mph.... That was fun ( first time).

I bet that won't be the first time! 

[Chattanooga Mark]

Welcome to the 99% of Valkyrie owners who have left the choke on for too long. The previous owner of my Interstae must have done it a lot as the header pipes are discolored. No biggie, life goes on the Valkyrie runs another day.

All the best,

Mark