My wife found me in the kitchen naked holding a gun
"What the hell are you doing?" she screamed, shocked at my appearance.

"Quiet woman! I'm hunting decepticons!" I whispered back harshly.

She put her hands on her hips. "You've been sleep walking again! There are no such thing as decepticons!"

I blinked, realizing how stupid I looked.

"I guess you're right! Man I must look like and idiot!" I said.

She laughed.

I laughed.

The toaster laughed.

I shot the toaster.

A clearly inebriated woman, stark naked, jumped into a taxi in New York and laid down on the back seat.
The cab driver, an older gentleman, opened his eyes wide and stared at the woman.

He made no attempt to start the cab.

The woman glared back at him and said, "What's wrong with you, honey? Haven't you ever seen a naked woman before?"

The old man answered, "Let me tell you something, lady, I wasn't staring at you like you think; that would not be proper."

The drunk woman giggled and responded, "Well, if you're not staring at my boobs or ass, Sweetie, what are you doing then?"

He paused a moment, then told her..."Well, lady, I can't figure out where you're keeping the money to pay the fair?"

Quote from: ducpainter on Yesterday at 09:26:50 AMA bear and a rabbit were pooping in the woods (where else would bear poop?). The bear looked over at the rabbit and said "does poop stick to your fur?"
The rabbit replied indignantly "it most certainly does not!"
The bear said "good " and picked up the rabbit and wiped his butt with him.

    

morning

Warm the bike up and check the idle speed again. If it idles high again back it off to about 1200 rpm. Let it cool right down and and come back in a few hours to test again.

Try this before doing other stuff, just in case the bike wasn't quite hot enough when you set the idle.

Hello All.

So I'm looking for anyone's thoughts and suggestions on a hung throttle issue I'm tying to work through on my 2000 Monster 400.

What's happening:

Bike starts (with choke) without a problem, and I can get it to idle at 1200rpm after a minute or two. I back the choke off and it will maintain idle for about a minute, then it climbs and hangs at 3000rpm. Nothing will lower the revs other than shutting.

It should also be noted that when at 1200rpm, if I give it a bit of throttle, it will also jump to 3000rpm and not come back down.

What I've done:

* Checked around the carbs (Mikuni BDST38's), airbox and manifold boots, vacuum lines, vacuum nipples, etc with carb cleaner spray to find a vacuum leak. I can't find anything that drops rpm.
* Removed carbs and checked bowl heights, cleaned all pilots and channels, diaphragms aeated correctly with no tears or holes, etc.
* Replaced all vacuum lines given its age.
* Set and tested mix screws to 2, 2.5, 3 turns out to gauge lean and rich.
* Set warm idle to 1200 before jump in rpm.
* Synchronised the carbs with vacuum gauges.
* Replaced a pinched fuel vent hose.
* Checked for any obvious leaks around the airbox.
* Checked the throttle cable tensions and that the plate was snapping shut. From what I can tell nothing is binding, and rpm doesn't shift when turning the bars.
* Check the choke cable tension and operation.
* I removed a gear indicator that was pulling a pulse from one of the spark plug cables.
* Made sure that at the airbox and the manifold that the carbs are sitting flush and without over tightened hose clamps.

My thoughts:

It's getting extra air from somewhere. Everything points to a vacuum leak as it's jumping and hanging when warmed up. Either that or something within the carb is worn or failing, or I'm running the bike much leaner than 3 turns and it needs to be out more?

Could it be something electrical? Or something else I haven't looked at.

Any thoughts or advice would be great, before I have to arrange for it to be taken to a Ducati shop.

My best, and thanks in advance.

Welcome to our friends from the UK, and all over Europe, that might be losing their home soon. The DMF isn't as vibrant as it used to be, but it will live as long as I do.

photos of your new family member please.

What a crazy day.

RIP