First time for everything...

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Originally Posted by Gas Man

Perferrably male hair clippings cause men don't die their hair (normally) and therefor the human scent is stronger. Sprinkle it around the outside of the barn/garage/deck/flower bed. Poof... like a stinky animal border.

Don't think that will work with mice. Rabbits fear people; mice and rats willingly come into our houses, steal our food, shit on my dishes and occasionally run across my forehead while I'm lying in bed. If I put my hair down around the bike, I'm 99.9% certain I would later find it stuffed inside my air filter along with the nuts.

Originally Posted by racedoll

Have you checked the throttle bodies to see if they are gummed up in any way? Or maybe there is condensation in there since you did say it is worse when it's cold.

You can see the butterflies in the photo above. With the airbox open, I got a pretty good look and everything is squeaky clean. Bike only has about 1500 miles; not really enough time to accumulate the kind of gunk in the intake that would gum up the throttle bodies. The bike sat for years before it was put on the road, however, so maybe the linkage and cam have dust/gunk/corrosion. I will inspect and clean/lube as necessary when I disassemble everything (again) to replace the cables.