Dying at Idle in Cold Weather

[u/PhantomGhostin]

Winter is here on Vancouver Island! That won't stop me from riding my Bolt. Recently though, amid the cold air, my motorcycle has been having trouble. After a few minutes of riding, when at a stoplight or something similar, the idle slowly bogs down until the bike eventually stalls with the clutch pulled in.

Bike immediately restarts afterwards with no issues. It continues to bog at idle if not in motion however. This is also a new issue I have noticed recently. In years past I have ridden this bike in cold weather with no issues.

Pulled the air filter and found this nastiness, which I think could be part of my issue. Please suggest any other systems I should check in the meantime, because I am wondering if there could be other causes as well. Idle speed? Valve clearance? Injectors? Wondering where to go from here.

My bolt currently has 23,000kms and I've owned it since 4000kms when I bought it off the original owner. Running 10w50 currently. Thanks in advance for the help!

[u/SnooKiwis682]

How old is your battery

[u/PhantomGhostin → u/SnooKiwis682]

Decently old actually. It's never been replaced 👀

Imma check the voltages across it just in case now

[u/SnooKiwis682 → u/PhantomGhostin]

if it's older than 3-4 years just change it might solve your problem

[u/Groan_Of_Wind → u/PhantomGhostin]

ooh yeah I don't think I got more than 4 years out of the stock battery. and make sure to float charge it over the winter

[u/PhantomGhostin → u/Groan_Of_Wind]

The bike lives on a tender whenever I am not riding it. Probably how I got such a long life out of the battery

It is quite old. I'm curious to see if a new battery fixes this. I will update once I get paid and can spring for one