I’m new here and would appreciate help.

My 05 Rancher ES starts and idles fine on choke. When I attempt to turn off the choke it stalls. By feathering the throttle I can get the motor to rev up but it is difficult without stalling and still doesn’t have any power – much like it is only running on the pilot jet.

My thinking was the main jet was clogged or the needle broken but that has all been checked and cleared.

It was running great before this problem occurred so I don’t believe it is gas.

Have owned this bike since new and the motor has never been a problem.

So before I pull the carburetor all apart I figured a post here might be fruitful.