Help tomorrow arvo?

**ital916** · 29th February 2008, 19:09

Hey dudes, just got back from oz and tried to start betty up to no avail *lol whats new*. I reckon the battery is flat? Or the carbs need a bleed after sitting for two weeks wait i turned the fuel off lol thats not it then.So anyone able to bring a battery charger over by any chance tomorrow arvo? Sorry for the really short notice ask dudes. I tried crash starting her down a long hill but she wasn't starting.

Thanks heaps

Drider

**HungusMaximist** · 29th February 2008, 20:10

First and foremost, if you don't have a properly charged battery don't even bother doing anything else.

Charge the battery and go from there.

And BUY yourself a charger, it's one of the most basic and essential pieces of kit any car/motorcycle owner can have.

You can get a cheap ass one for $30.00 bucks from repco/supercheap but they're usually their rate of charge is a big high but will do the job. But keep an eye out if it's MANUAL as you can overcharge battery.

Even better, get an proper battery tender/trickle charge/maintainer, I can source you a CTEK one for around $80.00 bucks, retails at about $110 in the shops.

Oh yea, I've got a manual charger you can borrow, but you gotta pick it up!

**Macstar** · 29th February 2008, 20:19

Welcome back. I've thinking about your starting problems. You need one of these:

http://www.cyclecat.com/MS1-1.htm

Then you can build a trailer to tow it around behind your bike for re-strats after fueling etc.

**FROSTY:Me** · 29th February 2008, 20:29

Originally Posted by Drider87

Hey dudes, just got back from oz and tried to start betty up to no avail *lol whats new*. I reckon the battery is flat? Or the carbs need a bleed after sitting for two weeks wait i turned the fuel off lol thats not it then.So anyone able to bring a battery charger over by any chance tomorrow arvo? Sorry for the really short notice ask dudes. I tried crash starting her down a long hill but she wasn't starting.

Thanks heaps

Drider

call me dude--ive got a jetpac thatll start her in a jiffy.
BTW--leave it attached for 5 minutes any yer battery will slightly "normalise" so it will come back up

**ital916** · 29th February 2008, 20:33

Haha nice one isaac, i'll think bout it. Cool i'll head to repco tomorrow to pick one up if i can. Need her running by monday to get to uni. It'll be a pain in the ass if she dicides not to dtart at uni though lol

**Squiggles** · 29th February 2008, 20:40

and thus the tales begin.... again

now last time i started her easy... s'all in the kick

**Ragingrob** · 29th February 2008, 20:40

Bugger man, lol hope ya don't get stuck at Uni each day! That time giving you a push for the bump start on Symonds was way not safe haha!!!

**Ixion** · 29th February 2008, 20:42

Battery has to be pretty flat to stop a two stroke kick starting. Especially one with magneto ignition.

**Macstar** · 29th February 2008, 20:58

Originally Posted by Squiggles

and thus the tales begin.... again

now last time i started her easy... s'all in the kick

Maybe he should try this then:

http://www.thigh-toning.com/

**Squiggles** · 29th February 2008, 21:28

Originally Posted by Macstar

Maybe he should try this then:

http://www.thigh-toning.com/

That'd do the trick.

**klyong82** · 29th February 2008, 22:39

I got a manual repco battery charger if you need one...

**ital916** · 1st March 2008, 08:29

hey kim that sounds good, . I tried kicking her she wouldn't start, I even went down a very long hill repeateduly trying to crash start her but to no avail. She was struggling to fire. Bloody two weeks of sitting there grrr lol I'll be home till three if anyones keen to try get her going, once the rain stops i'll pop out and try start her. Stephen ask rob, you just happen to kick her when she's happy lol