Since this if my first Honda, i'm trying to step up on my knowledge every chance I get. Who can tell me if Honda has always or what year/model was the automatic choke introduced on our bikes. My former Kawasaki had a manual choke and of course my '01 CBR 929RR has an automatic one which I think is sweet for warming up in the morning. Thanks in advance.

 

The choke ( fast idle circuit) came about when fuel injection did. In your case the 929 came out in 2000, My CBR1000RR has the same feature ( no choke lever) as I am sure more bikes do as well

 

I think 2000 was the first year FI was introduced on any CBR model. To my knowledge all carburated bikes have a manual choke. Saw a remote start on a FI bike the other day, was a neat concept, though, I dont know how useful it would be in the real world. It sure does get looks when a bike comes to life with no rider present though.

 

I have a 98 CBR f3 and I have a question from the responses to the previous posts. When I start my bike i put the choke on and as soon as it starts up i take it off. Is this what I am supposed to be doing or should I leave the choke on for a while and let the bike warm up before I take it off.

Thanking you guys in advance.

 

Yes...the choke allows you to warm the engine (as motorcycles run hot) before you take off as not to damage the engine.

 

Thanks Sir and Mach. Growing together.

 

my automatic choke doesnt go more than ~3K RPM is it normal?

 

on my 96 I leave the choke on till hits about 3500 rpm