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Originally Posted by the lodger
My M900 has a choke lever in the middle of the steering stem . You pull it up to use it except it has got to the stage where it is very difficult to pull up and then to shut off once the bike starts. I know I need to address it and any thoughts on that are welcome. However my question today is what does that choke actually do ? Can I achieve the same just by holding the throttle open slightly when starting the bike ? Thanks
Nigel
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I hope you realise the choke cable is designed to be locked (when pulled up) by twisting it sideways a fair bit? If you’re trying to pull and push it whilst locked it would be very stiff indeed! This is also how many old car chokes used to work.