ffs!

[WRT]

Again, my knowledge is from off road, but 2 strokes do need a lot of warming up - sounds like you are already on to it though. However, if you are experiencing fouling, then check your jetting before you try running hotter plugs. Hotter plugs are just a quick way to burn a hole through the top of your piston, which makes them an expensive way to try to fix the issue.

There is a good guide to jetting on this thread in Off Road:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=65320

Hope this helps.

[Zoolander]

Another thing worth checking is you don't have a loose connection or broken wire in the plug lead - happened to me when I raced karts, could never understand why plugs kept fouling up until somone unwound the lead and there it was. If the plugs not sparking properly it would oil up pretty quick I would think.

[ital916]

So i took the plug out and checked it but alas the plug was not fouled. I am now at a loss as to why it wasn't starting. I replaced the plug anyway with a standard one albeit one which runs slightly hotter, well we will see what happens tomorrow morning.

[homer]

oops sorry ....thought it was another bin thread
my mistake

[Str8 Jacket]

Starting to get real fed uo with two stroke maintenance.
Drider

I reckon that you should sell it to me. Let me take that problem off your hands.... 2 smokers are bitches, just like me, that's why I love em!

Seriously though, sell her, to me!

[Hanne]

Consider getting a HONDA?

Oh, *shudder!*

[motorbyclist]

It's a Suzuki and it's a two stroke. After owning 3 suzuki 2 strokes I did myself a huge favour by
a) Never owning another suzuki
b) Never owning another 2 stroke.

Honestly, they're more bother than they're worth. Swap it for a boring as hell 4 stroke 125 or something. 2 strokes belong in lawnmowers and race-bikes.

add chainsaws to that list, and you're absolutely right

So i took the plug out and checked it but alas the plug was not fouled. I am now at a loss as to why it wasn't starting. I replaced the plug anyway with a standard one albeit one which runs slightly hotter, well we will see what happens tomorrow morning.

i might advise against running a plug that's hotter than it needs to be...

so to quote myself from another thread...

watch out when using a hotter plug though... i'm told that the extra heat can melt/soften the piston and consequently ruin your engine in the worst possible way

see if the manual says anything, see what other RG150s are running, and maybe it's running rich due to a clogged air filter? when was the last tune up/service? it seems weird that the last owner never switched to a hot plug, and the old one looked pretty old

[homer]

choke could be stuck on or dirty fuel
to much oil mix

[Ixion]

So i took the plug out and checked it but alas the plug was not fouled. I am now at a loss as to why it wasn't starting. I replaced the plug anyway with a standard one albeit one which runs slightly hotter, well we will see what happens tomorrow morning.

Do you have a spark. Find a place a bit in shadow. Take out the plug, connect the plug wire to it and rest it on the cylinder head, Now kick the bike over, You should see a nice fat blue spark at the plug. If you do (given it's a new plug) it's unlikely that the plug is your trouble.

It make just be sulking. Quite seriously, two strokes seeme to do that. They'll play up, won't start, misfire, bog down , anything for a few days. Then without doing anything at all, they'll be absolutely good and go like a cat with a red hot rat up its arse. They're strange things. Is why we luvs them

[motorbyclist]

is the fuel turned on?

It make just be sulking. Quite seriously, two strokes seeme to do that. They'll play up, won't start, misfire, bog down , anything for a few days. Then without doing anything at all, they'll be absolutely good and go like a cat with a red hot rat up its arse. They're strange things. Is why we luvs them

yeah, my pocket rocket does that.... will start only if and when it pleases... regardless of the fact it was just running mint 30 seconds ago. sometimes i just don't turn it off and refuel it while it's running for fear of it not starting again

plus there was the classic episode where the family parked next to ours at an offroad event had their youngest child on a KX80 (2-smoke). apparently it started fine when they put it on the trailer that morning, but they spent the whole day pulling it to bits trying to find why it wouldn't start. plenty of guys came and had a look, but it never ringed nor dinged the whole day... poor kid just sat there watching his dad and everyone else the whole day

[Ixion]

Takes a special sort of motorcyclist to appreciate a two smoker. Breeds character. Mental fibre. Resiliance.

They're not for the common rabble.

[motorbyclist]

[ital916]

Lol the suzuki people said it's only slightly hotter so should not do anything, i love my two storke, it's just when she make me push her home uphill in the pouring rani that she tests me. As for mental resilience, i'm getting it as i haven't lost it completely with her yet...plus shes puuurty and that makes up for her attitude. Had to warm her up for like six min this morning and even after that she was a bit reluctant to up and go but soon settled down with a bit of a thrashing.

[scracha]

Takes a special sort of motorcyclist to appreciate a two smoker. Breeds character. Mental fibre. Resiliance.

They're not for the common rabble.

That's why a got the Ducati. It's nearly as reliable as a 2 stroke :-)

Seriously, though.

If you
a) need reliable transport
b) haven't got reasonable mechanical skills
then don't get a 2 stroke.

If you want a bike
a) with "character"
b) that will put a massive grin on your mug when it hits the power band
c) can put up with it throwing tantrums on sunny weekends
d) where you need to keep changing spark plugs
e) where you often have to take the head off it for a rebore and new piston
f) that gets 25 miles to the gallon on the 2 days a year its running correctly
then do get a 2 stroke

[scracha]

2 smokers are bitches, just like me, that's why I love em!

I thought you liked them cos they were dirty, just like.....