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Love her to bits when she plays nicely but when she doesn't she really doesn't. Loveley evening in the week, so wanted to go for a ride after work... ran her with the choke for a few minutes, while I geared up, started to reduce it, and the revs started to get lumpy, bouncing up and down. Let her run a bit longer knowing that if I try to ride at this point as soon as I let the clutch out she'll just die on me. The idle settled so I got her upright and it gets lumpy again, put a bit more choke back on, idle races but settles, take it back off (about a 3rd off at this point). Put her in gear to go but as I let the clutch out the revs drop to point of cutting out. She can be kept going at this point but only if I rev and declutch rapidly.I tried letting her just sit idling for a little while, I tried plenty of throttle, I played with the choke. After about 10mins I gave in and put her away.She has done this to me twice before. If you can keep on with no lights, roundabout etc it seems to just clear the system, but if you get stuck before then it's a dangerous game trying to balance the revs with stopping and getting moving again - not a game I really want to play on a main road.Help!! (please ) Tried to force her to run today, loads of gas but if the clutch lever is not in she just dies, no ifs ands or buts. Got housemates lad to give me hand getting her back up the drive and have called the garage but had no answer yet. I had been going to take her to the garage anyway but now I'm waiting for them... gutted.

Love her to bits when she plays nicely but when she doesn't she really doesn't. Loveley evening in the week, so wanted to go for a ride after work... ran her with the choke for a few minutes, while I geared up, started to reduce it, and the revs started to get lumpy, bouncing up and down. Let her run a bit longer knowing that if I try to ride at this point as soon as I let the clutch out she'll just die on me. The idle settled so I got her upright and it gets lumpy again, put a bit more choke back on, idle races but settles, take it back off (about a 3rd off at this point). Put her in gear to go but as I let the clutch out the revs drop to point of cutting out. She can be kept going at this point but only if I rev and declutch rapidly.I tried letting her just sit idling for a little while, I tried plenty of throttle, I played with the choke. After about 10mins I gave in and put her away.She has done this to me twice before. If you can keep on with no lights, roundabout etc it seems to just clear the system, but if you get stuck before then it's a dangerous game trying to balance the revs with stopping and getting moving again - not a game I really want to play on a main road.Help!! (please ) 
 
Tried to force her to run today, loads of gas but if the clutch lever is not in she just dies, no ifs ands or buts.  Got housemates lad to give me hand getting her back up the drive and have called the garage but had no answer yet.  I had been going to take her to the garage anyway but now I'm waiting for them... gutted.

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