Yesterday I went out for a ride and I noticed a couple new issues. I started the bike choked, let it run for a minute and took off on half choke. As the bike warmed up I let it out and didn't think anything of it as I wasn't stopping at all.
As I was driving around I noticed lots of popping as I let off the throttle. Then after a half hour or so of driving at 80 km/h (so the bike should be plenty warmed up), I got to a stop light and the bike was idling under 1k rpm.
From my reading this seems like a vacuum leak to me. I thought I had a can of carb cleaner so this morning I went to diagnose it a bit, but it turns out I don't. I started the bike up to listen to it and inspect a bit anyway and it needs to be fully choked or half choked to run, even after a few minutes. Blipping the throttle, the bike responds like it should but it holds the rpm high for a few seconds and lowers slowly.
If I have time today I'll go get some carb leaner to spray around my boots but I'm pretty sure thats the cause.
If they are the problem and I need to wait a couple weeks to get new boots in, can I still drive the bike like this? Is the biggest concern fuel economy and power, or would driving around a bit like this cause bigger problems? I live pretty close to work but the bike is my only vehicle.
As I was driving around I noticed lots of popping as I let off the throttle. Then after a half hour or so of driving at 80 km/h (so the bike should be plenty warmed up), I got to a stop light and the bike was idling under 1k rpm.
From my reading this seems like a vacuum leak to me. I thought I had a can of carb cleaner so this morning I went to diagnose it a bit, but it turns out I don't. I started the bike up to listen to it and inspect a bit anyway and it needs to be fully choked or half choked to run, even after a few minutes. Blipping the throttle, the bike responds like it should but it holds the rpm high for a few seconds and lowers slowly.
If I have time today I'll go get some carb leaner to spray around my boots but I'm pretty sure thats the cause.
If they are the problem and I need to wait a couple weeks to get new boots in, can I still drive the bike like this? Is the biggest concern fuel economy and power, or would driving around a bit like this cause bigger problems? I live pretty close to work but the bike is my only vehicle.