5th gen running rich, stopping at startup, low idle

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  1. Joyride

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    Hi,
    Put the bike away for winter storage having no problems at all.

    Taking it out it runs rich (smelling gas) and I'm having problems at startup as it dies if I don't rev it up a lot. Quite a bit of white fumes as well although it is pretty cold here in the mornings.
    Yesterday it died a couple of times switching from first to second. Getting up to speed it runs ok but my gear smells of gas and I get tears in my eyes after riding.

    So, where to start?
     


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    Gas smell does not equal running rich. Have you pulled the spark plugs and verified?
    Clogged injector?
     


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    Would they clogg up just during storage?
    I'v just removed the PC to see if it's broken.
    Will have a look at the plugs and filter too.
     


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    Other suggestions regarding the smell apart from running rich is of coarse appreciated
     


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    What year is your 5th Gen?
     


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    It's from -98.

    Just removed a Power Commander II that was installed when I bought the bike. Could imagine but it felt better at startup and I didn't need to rev it. When warm it idled on approx 1200 rpm. Will check the filter and plugs but I guess the pc is faulty or something has happened to the map.

    I think that the slip-on is the only mod made but when checking the filter I'll look for air box mods as well to be sure.
     


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    Didn't feel much gas smell neither.
     
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