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I posted this message earlier but it seems to have disappeared.  The enricher heats up normally, so it must have voltage.  Of course, this is no guarantee that it's extending, but it's a pretty good indication seeing that it did so when tested separately.  In any case, I just ordered the manual choke kit. 

As it turns out, there is no way to reach the idle mixture adjust screw on the Lance Duke Touring 250 without taking the carb out of the rubber intake manifold.  It is not possible to twist the carb as it interferes with the fitting that holds the coolant temp sensor.  This makes dialing in the best idle mixture setting a very slow process.  The motorcycle special 90 degree long screwdriver for reaching idle mixture screws on motorcycles is sadly not even modifiable to be short enough to fit between the idle mixture screw and the frame.  If you run across one that works, I'd sure like to hear about it.

On another subject, my owner's manual says to use propylene glycol for coolant.  Nobody has it locally in California.  Does everyone just use regular auto antifreeze like I'm doing?

Thanks! Now I know what you mean. I'll check the voltage to the enricher.

Bashan,

The enricher is working properly because idle is normal after about 1.5 min., meaning that the enricher has extended and cut off extra fuel.

Alleyoop,

I was hoping that wasn't it.  The Duke Touring 250 has one glaring design flaw.  The carb sits about 1.5" off the frame.  I bought a special motorcycle carb adjusting screwdriver with a 90 degree bend at the end hoping to be able to adjust the idle mixture while running the engine.  No luck!  Even that won't reach it because of the interference with the frame.  I am looking into shortening the bent end.  There has to be a setting that works because this machine did work right at one time.