I have a motorcycle equipped with a manual choke. I was reading something the other day that recommends "not running the engine with the choke engaged as engine wear can result".<br /><br />Let me know if I am wrong here.... running an engine "lean" is reducing the fuel in the mixture, resulting in a hotter engine and possible damage.<br /><br />The opposite is choking an engine, or in effect, reducing the air in the mixture (making a "rich" mixture), so how would that hurt the engine?<br /><br />Thanks for the help, this one is puzzling me...