Haymaker21
New Member
I have a HS 142f 4 stroke. I used it over a year ago and it was awesome. I stored it with gas still in it (like a rookie) and am now trying to get it up to speed. I checked all my bolts, tightened down the exhaust and took it out. The bike wont idle or run off choke. I first tried a simple fix of increasing my air intake by punching a hole in the plastic cover of the air filter. No luck. Then I tried gapping my spark plug. It was deeeep black so I figured I was running too rich. So I increased the gap with no change (I have since returned it to spec). So I figure, ok, it must be the carb. So I cleaned it out with some basic carb cleaner and added cleaner to my tank of gas, hoping I had solved it. I put it all back together yesterday and had no change. If I take the choke 1/4 off I get a boost of power but any more and the bike sputters and dies. Any tips are appreciated as I hope I've missed something. Thanks all.