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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WindNWing" data-source="post: 15495" data-attributes="member: 588">I own an ‘85 VT1100 and it is certainly not cold natured and starts immediately with choke. I too ride year round as long as the roads are clear. When I first got it, it would only run on one cylinder until fully warmed up. The choke cable runs into a black box and then Y’s with a single cable to each carb and one of those cables was broken. After the cable replacement it always warms quickly and in fact I have to remember to take the choke off before riding otherwise it will not give me deceleration on down shift in curves.I could be mistaken but I believe the VT700 has enrichment needles instead of a true butterfly choke. If so, you could have dirty or varnished needle valves blocking the enrichment circuit. I used to own a 700 Yamaha Seca, they were well known for being cold natured. Every place I checked said that the jets needed opened up to .019". When I got into it, I found that they were already at .0175" and I couldn’t see another .0015" making any difference but it certainly did. It was a different bike on cold start and needed no warm up period at all.Good luck with your problem and let us know what you find.</blockquote>