Should a GN250 take this long to start?

[Choco]

Around about half choke (little circular knobby thing out half way) should get you started, then just leave it for a while and when the rev's start going crazy, turn the choke off =D

[stevewederell]

Two cents here...

I agree with the others, choke for sure - Mine was a flat black knob. One thing that really helped me at the start of winter was also turning up the idle speed. It's a little thumb screw on the left side of the bike about, um, under front part of fuel tank.

It points down, so screws left and right on same direction as when you turn handlebars. I used to adjust mine mid ride/at lights waiting, very easy to bend over and grab, unlike the choke, but use both.

I have a pdf somewhere if you'd like it. Though I think I just searched here for the download. Don't be embarrassed about lack of knowledge, I started a little less than a year ago in just the same place you did. Great fun learning and the people here are really a huge help. Seems like you've already clever enough to fix reg/rec though.

Best of luck and just PM if you need that manual.

[mrchips]

Just been our for a ride in the sun ! so i took a picture for you, excuse my graphical skills !

If yours is an '86 it should look like mine. The choke is that little black knob. Pull on it gently & it should slide out.

[awayatc]

Please post pictures of brake levers........

gotta be able to stop as well now.....

[portokiwi]

That sure looks like the choke to me.....
Good way to start a bike on a cold day.

[stevewederell]

Eureka!

That idle screw thing is just under choke. I don't remember it being there on mine, but sure it prob was.

Have you tried the choke now, working better?

[BANZAI]

Install Iridium plug and it's easier to start in cold

Mine does

Nha, even with that plug installed still need choke. But somehow it feels easier to start! (Maybe it's placebo effect haha)

Need NGK powercord and see if that make any difference hehehe

[dyls]

Yeah, thanks heaps for the help everyone, I did find the choke and it's lots easier to start now ... I never knew chokes lived anywhere but where I'd seen them before

gotta say this is probably the most helpful site i've ever been to

[blossomsowner]

[QUOTE=mrchips;1691519]Just been our for a ride in the sun !QUOTE]




are you from another country????????????????? round here if you see the sun its a sure fire bet that it will be pouring down in about 10 minutes time. the fish must be lovin it

[Badjelly]

If you can start a GN in cold weather without a choke, you're a bloody legend .

In the 1980s I had a Fiat 132 equipped with two levers under the dash. i won't go into details, but they had little graphical symbols that made me think one was the choke and the other the hand throttle. (Fiats used to have those.) My god it was difficult to keep it running while it was cold. Until I realised, after 6 months or so, I had the controls the wrong way round .

[Radar]

Just been our for a ride in the sun ! so i took a picture for you, excuse my graphical skills !

If yours is an '86 it should look like mine. The choke is that little black knob. Pull on it gently & it should slide out.

Thanks for the pic showing location of the choke. My friend just got a 2004 GN-125 and could not find the choke. I could not see it either since I was looking for a lever (not a button that pulls out).

BTW, my friend was going to get a new 50cc scooter and he lives 15+ km from town, but I suggested something larger and within his budget I found the GN125 and he is really happy with his 'big' bike. I test rode it and managed to get it up to 100 kph; does 80 - 90 kph without much trouble.