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Make sure it's not in gear, turn the fuel on, pull the choke out. Then push the kick starter to top dead center with your foot, let the kickstarter return to full height. Put some weight behind it and push (not stab) right through the stroke, smooth and hard. repeat that from TDC and I bet it fires after a couple. Don't bother with gears, throttles, and hot starts from cold.Originally Posted by Shorty_925
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Cool, thanks for that - learn something new every day.......shall now be able to use that info for future discussion with partner re: my bike, heh heh heh
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Tried it on my bike, it's been sitting in the workshop for about 3 weeks and hasn't been started, it's always been a prick of a thing to start first off, so when i got to work, yeah give it a go, first kick
would do everything except twisting the throttle.
I always thought it was a F**king Suzuki thing.
cheers mate, i lean't something new today
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Put a new spark plug in it
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oh look, a road biker with no idea has gotten lost again
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Cheers for that. Thought didnt have to do TDC anymore on the newer models..? Will try and remember the run down to getting it started on the weekend.
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They sell these special "plugs" at the local lets stop and eat 5 pies pub?
Even on the old ones if you dont race serious and you wanna just go do the odd club day and smoke everyone on a big old 5hundy it great and if you get beaten you have a handful of excuses
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Yea my 03 yzf450 has auto decomp and a hot start lever although everyone kept saying it was decomp lever even the shop i got it from until i got my hands on a Yamaha manual! ...Ahh says hot start lever LOL...... did get some good advice when starting and got it down to 2 kicks on a good day...
Push the kick start down slowly and lightly.... until it hits a hard patch normally half way down....... then let it all the way up and kick it like you have never kicked before lol and repeat...
Also another thing that works if i open the choke (When cold) and turn the fuel on leave it, like go and get my gear come back it will normally kick over sooner. Don't know why and don't really care lol...
Also does say in the Yamaha manual if its going to be parked up for a while like a month or two, poor teaspoon of engine oil (Same grade as what goes in the bike) down the spark plug hole and put the plug back in. In a month or so kick it and should start 2-3 kicks... im guessing it would smoke for like first 5mins burning that oil.. but if its in the manual can't be bad for it
Yes Genuine Yamaha Manual
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Thats cool usually works, had a young guy at the track last weekend at the cambridge mx that just couldnt start his honda 250 f from cold ..showed him this trick and he was so happy never missed a start all dayTried it on my bike, it's been sitting in the workshop for about 3 weeks and hasn't been started, it's always been a prick of a thing to start first off, so when i got to work, yeah give it a go, first kick
would do everything except twisting the throttle.
I always thought it was a F**king Suzuki thing.
cheers mate, i lean't something new today
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Ive been having problems starting mine lately when its really cold, trick ive found is turn gas off,put it on its side drain the carb bowl, kick it with choke and away she goes... weird
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Yeah thats a old xr trick someone tried that with the young guys 250f but still wouldnt go
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