Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!ll-xn!mit-amt!mit-eddie!rh From: rh@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU (Randy Haskins) Newsgroups: net.cycle Subject: How should a bike act when cold? Message-ID: <3110@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU> Date: Wed, 3-Sep-86 23:08:49 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.3110 Posted: Wed Sep 3 23:08:49 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Sep-86 08:08:03 EDT Organization: M.I.T. EE/CS Computer Facility, Cambridge MA Lines: 11 Keywords: drizzle humidity I got my (new) '83 Kawasaki KZ-750 in March, and I'm pretty happy with it so far (2200 miles). Since this is my first bike, there are some things I don't know how to gauge, like how the engine acts when the weather sucks (like cold and/or humid, as it often is here in Boston). Tonight, riding home, even after letting it warm up (choked) 3-5 minutes, it was definitely sputtering when I throttled up. What sorts of changes in behavior should I expect with changes in humidity and temperature? Thanx to anyone who can describe these effects. Random