franz muc hat geschrieben:is your idle mixture screw in right position?
1 and 1/2 out or 1 and 3/4?

is at this screw everything in its place?

It is actually 2 turns away from full stop.

¡Hola
Bienvenido al foro.

It seams you like old biks. In Spain you have the luck to have good weather to drive bike all day :D

I wish you a lot of fun with you DR 600

Danke for the wishes. I do like old bikes, yes. And the weather here is beautiful in winter for bikes. A bit cold, but not so ...

franz muc hat geschrieben:your carburetor is VM38 ss?

Yes. It´s a standard flatslide MikuniVM38SS. The original one. It came with the bike.

The original plunger is this, and is the one I use:

Hans, thanks for the reply. The picture I added is not the original plunger (it´s from a TU250), but I have the original plunger (have actually tried 4) and nothing changes.

I have actually changed the carburettor to a different one, and still the same thing!

In regards to the kicks, I´ve tried ...

Hello,

This is my first post after my intro.

My 1989 DR600, will not start from cold, even if you pulll the choke plunger. I have dismantled and cleaned the carb, set up the decompression cables, and everything seems normal.

HOWEVER!!!!

If you completely take off the choke plunger (if you ...

Hello!

I´ve been reading this forum for a long time, and I finally registered yesterday. I own a 1989 DR600 (Djebel) which I use to go on the green/brown as much as possible. I am passionate about bikes, and quite OK with mechanics. I also own a Honda VF1000R, a Laverda 1200, and some other old ...