OK, here's my dummy question of the week. I have noticed a missing/sputtering kind of thing the last couple of times I rode the bike.

It occurs really bad when the engine is cold. I let it warm up on choke while I put on the gear for the ride and this used to be enough. Now I can hear the sputtering for a mile or so and it feels like it just isn't getting power. After it runs it gets better but there still seems to be a flatness and the response isn't that same get up and go.

I got rid of the AI yesterday but it still has the problem. While I had the tank off I replaced the plugs with the irridium ones. The old plugs were tan on the white insulator part. I gooped everything good with dielectric grease, unplugging and replugging almost everything under there.

I have not done anything to the carbs, no adjusting or anything. Everything is still factory set.

I thought of water in the gas, but wouldn't this be the same problem when hot as when cold? Or could it be that running the bike throws the water into suspension and lessens the symptoms?

-- Gary