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Sometimes it takes an awful lot of cranking before it starts, if it doesn't fire up right-away.
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swest wrote: Use the choke. Lean is mean. :evil:
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When cold...yes. :whistle: But my difficulty is usually after turning the engine off after a ride, and then attempting to start it a short time later, while the motor is still warm.
A friend suggested goosing it a little when turning off the key, to put some extra gas in the cylinder to assist the next start.
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how much fuel mixture do you expect will be in a one through four cylinder engine after 720° rotation while shutting it down?daveo wrote:
swest wrote: Use the choke. Lean is mean. :evil:
Steve
When cold...yes. :whistle: But my difficulty is usually after turning the engine off after a ride, and then attempting to start it a short time later, while the motor is still warm.
A friend suggested goosing it a little when turning off the key, to put some extra gas in the cylinder to assist the next start.
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missionkz wrote:
how much fuel mixture do you expect will be in a one through four cylinder engine after 720° rotation while shutting it down?daveo wrote:
swest wrote: Use the choke. Lean is mean. :evil:
Steve
When cold...yes. :whistle: But my difficulty is usually after turning the engine off after a ride, and then attempting to start it a short time later, while the motor is still warm.
A friend suggested goosing it a little when turning off the key, to put some extra gas in the cylinder to assist the next start.
Good question...
I realize the whole system is mechanical, but don't understand how it gets the initial fuel shot to start, since there is no fuel pump.
Rotating the throttle before pressing the start switch does nothing, except to open/close the butterfly valves behind the slides...
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650ed wrote: The vacuum caused by the intake stroke of the cylinders sucks the air/fuel mix in. Unlike fuel injection no fuel pump is needed to squirt fuel in. Ed
I can't believe I'm asking about this :lol: , but...how much and when is the best time to twist the throttle to open the butterfly valves? If I just crank it without touching the throttle, it just crank, crank...cranks. :pinch:
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swest wrote: Pic of the bike?
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The header has blued a lot since pic was taken in April, apparently due to the head/cam change.
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