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Old 07-10-2004, 06:13 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default It's fine until it gets warm.

Well hello, I'm new to this board as an 88 Katana owner. I got this from a friend of my brothers with a problem. It starts right up and runs great....until it gets hot. Once the temp gets good and warm, she begins running like poopy. It dies if you let the throttle go, and it's a PITA to start again until it has a few minutes to cool. I tried to see if the gas tank vent was bad, but even with the cap off, she's dead. The bike runs great if you jump on and go around the block a few times, but after about 6 mins of run-time, I start to get a big headache. Any ideas guys? Let me know if you are sitting at the computer smiling right now cause you know the answer. :o mmm kaay...lata