I recently bought a 2005 VTX 1300 with 14k miles. Runs really good but am having problems with it flooding out when I start it. In the morning I start with the choke half out and immediately have to get on the throttle hard. If it stalls it is usually 5-6 hours before it will start. Has anyone experienced anything similar? Thanks  

It's not unusual for a v-twin to be over rich at idle. I've never bothered with a choke on any v-twin unless both the air temperature and the oil are below 50 degrees farenheit. From what I read on the VTX forums, what you are seeing is normal and you probably should go ahead and replace your spark plugs and add some carbon cleaner to the gas tank. You're probably well on your way to a carbon buildup problem already. The enrichener is for starting a cold engine in cold weather.

Try leaving the enrichener off and just use the tiniest bit of throttle, when cold starting it. Another simple solution is to turn the idle up a little bit, before trying to cold start the engine.

regards,
Joe  

To refine the answer a little. Does the bike start without choke? If yes, don't touch the enricher.
If no, try pulling it out just a little ***

My 800 was very lean requiring choke, and became leaner after I replaced the air intake. Having the carb adjusted (about an hour or so with a good mechanic) the bike no longer required the choke to start at any temperature I was willing to get on it at (35-95).
Someone may have messed up on your pilot jet when they adjusted it, or the pipes or air intake have been swapped back to stock  

>To refine the answer a little. Does the bike start without choke? If yes, don't touch the enricher.

Oh yeah, I agree with that 100%. If it fires a couple times, then stalls, it's a sign that the idle is set too low. If you turn the idle up and it still does it, you've got other problems. That's why bikes have knobs on the idle adjustment, so you can change the setting as the engine warms.

regards,
Joe