2006 Yamaha Road Star Midnight Silverado "motorcycle smells running rich" Questions

running rich? If so, you need to take it to a dealer if it's a fuel injected bike. If it's a carburated bike, check the air filter or enricher. Anything any further in the carb requires disassembly of

...smells like it is running a little rich. ?????? I'd say either the timing is off or one of the exhaust valves might be leaking Describe the smell in terms of gas, new oil, burnt oil, burnt oil with ...

...running very rich. what do i need to do? Odds are that you need to richen up your carb. You said that you can smell that the mixture is very rich. This is true if you're using the enricher. The ...

...pipe backfires, and strong smell of gas. Carbs running rich.. choke still on (jammed) The carbs likely need a rebuild or a good cleaning.. try running SEAFOAM through the fuel system for a few ...

...smells of gas when it is running. Not really raw gas but kinda of exhausty gas it still as a bit a raw gas smell but it has an exhaust smell too. Also there is some slight smoking coming out of the ...

...Is there an easy solution? Short answer no, it is most likely running too rich & will need to pull the carbs & replace the oversize jets with, either the factory jets or smaller

...i start bike it smells of petrol and cutting out if left ticking over or at juction having trouble picking up past 3-4 revs once over 4 its fine its running too rich , too much fuel and needs tuning

...smells like its running rich.Sometimes when riding with friends,they can smell the gas from my bike.Dealer has replased needle jet and cannot find anything wrong.Please help please replace float in ...

or if you're "blipping the throttle" too much while riding, this causes that "running rich" smell. If you are concerned about the mixture, put your bike on a dynometer that has an exhaust gas analyser