Newby bit off too much?

[xwhatsit]

As they all said... but also,
When you tart to feel things just ain't going your way take off your jacket and lid, cool down and then have another go.
If you let yourself get too hot it will just get harder and harder.

+1, Insightful.

What I generally took to doing was before I put on my helmet, jacket, gloves etc, I would try and start the bike. Then, I would still be relatively cool -- even if I had to bump start it lol. Then I could put on gear while the bike warmed up on idle.

[NordieBoy]

As they all said... but also,
When you tart to feel things just ain't going your way take off your jacket and lid, cool down and then have another go.
If you let yourself get too hot it will just get harder and harder.

Also.
Don't let the bike know you're in a hurry.

Mentioning a "Trip to the wreckers" and "Taking the bus home" sometimes works.

Bikes are dumb.
They fall for this reverse psychology shit.

[zooter]

........................and the short answer is yes. Blew my ankle to bits. Anybody want a low milage ttr600? Recommended for pie connissoirs, connisours, conissirs......big fat bastards wot like lots of pies.

[Paul in NZ]

Yeah I'll take it off your hands before anyone else gets hurt... No no - don't thank me - I'm kind like that...

I guess the old saying - Life - Bite off more than you can comfortably chew and chew like crazy isn't true?

Paul N

ps - hope you are not actually injured mate?

[zooter]

$6000 drive away. Surgeon said I had a "nasty" fracture. Bits broken off all over the place. Not a bike for a 65kg piece of scrawn.

[xwhatsit]

Ho fuck. Sorry to hear that! I didn't know that could happen -.-''... maybe I will fit the decompression cable on my bike after all. Bits blown off everywhere is not good -- I know that from my kneecap, it's just like having swarf in your bearings. Does it need operation or are they small enough to dissolve?

Gah, good luck mate. I'm glad the biker bug is incurable, or we might have lost you!

[XP@]

Ho fuck. Sorry to hear that! I didn't know that could happen -.-''... maybe I will fit the decompression cable on my bike after all.

Hmm... the decomp cable broke on my cow. It was a bitch to start... then all of a sudden it got real easy to kick over. Down side was I was at the cold kiwi at the time, and could not find any spare valves.

[zooter]

Ho fuck. Sorry to hear that! I didn't know that could happen -.-''... maybe I will fit the decompression cable on my bike after all. Bits blown off everywhere is not good -- I know that from my kneecap, it's just like having swarf in your bearings. Does it need operation or are they small enough to dissolve?

Gah, good luck mate. I'm glad the biker bug is incurable, or we might have lost you!

I believe if you're doing it right then a decomp won't make a blind bit of difference to the kickback potential. If you've nudged it up and over the compression stroke then you've got 2 revs to do the business. If you're getting to the compression and failing to push through then a kickback is likely if the motor is in good shape.

I don't know about dissolve but they seem to think it's healing slowly. I think they might be skimping on me 'cause they needed a CAT scan to see all the damage when I did it but only xrayed it when I went back on Tuesday. It's mobile but can't take weight so I have to cart a stick around with me on the vespa.

[Motu]

I'm just choosing which hat to eat - my XT is now a 600 kickstart.Anyone got any tips on how to start a big single?

[spookytooth]

had a lot of big thumpers the auto decom is a pig idea .They dont like to start after a drop when hot and a manual decom is a godsent then,Anyways first one i had i had to put me gas hand on the bar to stop twisting it and flooding.takes bugger all to flood em

[zooter]

Going under the knife this afternoon to take out loose bits and grind off the bit that stuck on in the wrong place. I'm a good advert for private heath insurance. 3 and a half months from "it's supposed to be getting ok to walk on now isn't it?" to finally getting a cat scan to see why not and getting an op.

[vifferman]

Strictly speaking you don't need the decompresser anyway.

Indeed.
I was thinking, "What wussies! Decompressor?!?" My XBR500RS didn't have one, and it was a piece of piss to start: just fold up the right footpeg, use the kickstart to get the cylinder up near TDC, then jump on it.

[Crisis management]

But thats a honda Viffer........

Real bikes are different!


Sorry to hear about the ankle Zooter, I hope the op clears it up for you. I can highly recomend DR650's, being a similarly scrawny bugger the electric start is my best mate.

Hope it heals well and soon!

[zooter]

Well they took a CHISEL to it but it's starting to feel better now and I can wiggle it round almost like the other side. Anyone want a ttr600?