Curious_AJ finally has her bike!

[heyjoe]

Woohoo AJ!
Welcome to the big world of bike ownership and ridership. Enjoy yourself and ride safe out there.

[gmh]

Hey there, good on you & i hope that this is the start of many happy kms for you & your baby.
Ride safe, enjoy every moment. See you on the road.

[Curious_AJ]

Woohoo AJ!
Welcome to the big world of bike ownership and ridership. Enjoy yourself and ride safe out there.

cheers! i had a bit of a ride today, was nice... but then i stalled and couldn't get the bike to start again. LOL i'm a n00b... but then again, i tried to start it, and the revs only got up to 1000 no matter what i did! and then after a little while it wouldn't even start! so i pusjed it all the way home (luckily i was really close) and went "HELP!" to magua.. he's coming to have a look later.

now, this bike likes full choke and no throttle to start according to the previous owner. even though i did all of those, it didn't wanna know my troubles... so AJ is wondering, does anyone know what to do???

[heyjoe]

hey there AJ,

Sorry to hear of your stalling incident today. You are fortunate you can push your bike home. A lot of bikes have their little 'idiosyncrasies' as you said the previous owner informed you of your new baby's special preferences for starting. I know some of my bikes had their funny idiosyncrasies around starting up so you are not alone. I'm no mechanic so will side-step giving advice on what the problem is but your friend or someone else on kb is sure to be able to offer their opinions/advice.

With some more time to get acquainted, you and the GN will get to know each other well! Have fun.

[Hitcher]

Some bikes can be particularly idiosynchratic when starting cold. My Zeal, for example, hated to be started with any choke whatsoever but, as soon as the engine fired, needed choke added at that point. Mrs H's Bandit sulks if it doesn't fire first time when cold. I am sure that your GN will have its own "ritual" that you will need to follow at starting time. Once learned, this will become instinctive.

[Pwalo]

Some bikes can be particularly idiosynchratic when starting cold. My Zeal, for example, hated to be started with any choke whatsoever but, as soon as the engine fired, needed choke added at that point. Mrs H's Bandit sulks if it doesn't fire first time when cold. I am sure that your GN will have its own "ritual" that you will need to follow at starting time. Once learned, this will become instinctive.

Yes indeed. Nothing like starting a warm four stroke single. At least you don't have to kick start the beast.

[Curious_AJ]

tThanks guys. Yeah i'm sure Betty and I will be just fine in no time. Just going to get something to put her gas in in a few moments so that I can check whether it's got water in it. If so, then I'm going to do the whole meths thing and try again. After attempting to put Betty back together of course... well, some of her back together anyway...

[Mom]

yeah, the thing you guys never thought would happen, happened!

Cool, two threads now and still no photos?

Come on girl, this thread is useless without pics!

[Curious_AJ]

lol she's naked at the moment. and STILL camera problems.. i cant do anything about it until i actually have money to do so.. lol it's not really one of the things that's top on my list... heh.

only coz i need to sort out different payments...

don't worry, they'll come one day lol... there'll be a thread "Curious_AJ finally has pics!" or something to that effect haha.

[Indiana_Jones]

Even I'm yet to see it! lol

-Indy

[Pedrostt500]

Congradulations. The one constant rule of advice I can offer a new Rider is, treat Every other motorist as an Idiot. then you will become an old rider.

[Curious_AJ]

Even I'm yet to see it! lol

-Indy

yeah... well it deserves to be beaten... GRRRRR!!! so if you see a few tank dents, dont worry, that was just frustration .... naw i couldn't do that to betty...

[Timmay]

Great to hear you got yourself a bike, and a sensible learner bike to boot. If the engine was warm when you stalled it, try to start it without choke first. Most engines - cars, bikes , lawn mowers - need no choke for a warm start.

[Curious_AJ]

Great to hear you got yourself a bike, and a sensible learner bike to boot. If the engine was warm when you stalled it, try to start it without choke first. Most engines - cars, bikes , lawn mowers - need no choke for a warm start.

nah it had been sitting for a few days. and i now think it wasnt me who stalled it.. i found that it just died as soon as i slowed a certain amount... :s

there's a thread about it in general maintainance ... (i'd link it but I'm lazy... search for "okay, GN is not starting... WHY?!" )

[McJim]

So when we gonna get to see piccies of the mighty GN125?