I just bought a 2003 Honda Shadow Classic 750cc trike, it has 5700 miles on it and it is having a little issue with idling rough. When I take the choke off it begins to idle rough, backfires, pops and doesn't seem to want to take the gas....but if I put the choke back on about half way, it smooths right out. The bike had some old gas in it, but the owner said he had put stabil in it before storing it for the winter.....when I got the bike home, I checked the gas and the tank was about empty, so I put some Lucas injector cleaner in it and then filled the tank back up with fresh gas...and then I drove it for about an hour or so......but again when I took the choke off, it went right back to the sputtering and backfiring.....so I don't know what the next step would be other than to have the carb cleaned.....I was told that Hondas tend to like to run with the choke at about half....I have a friend who has a Rebel and it only likes to run on half choke.....will this hurt anything? If not...then I'll just continue to let it run that way in hopes that after a few tanks of good gas and cleaner...it may straighten out....
Any help would be appreciated.....
Thanx...Anita