Hard to start please read
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Hard to start please read
I know to search I searched and searched couldnt really find a answer I work 14 hour days so its hard to search in detail. ok here is my problem It takes forever for my bike to start just cranks and cranks but once it starts it runs great lots of power idles fine i can cut the bike off go into the store start bike back up fine but if it sits for bout 3 hours same thing just cranks and cranks i can roll start it some times but its just being an a$$ to start up i cleaned the carbs twice drained the gas put fresh 93 octain new plugs fuel pump and battery i checked its getting spark and gas just wont turn over after sitting thanks for reading any help will be greatly apperacited
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Common prob on the carbed bikes. On mine, I have to turn the idle **** up a bit to get it to turn over, then I turn it back down. It's just a thing; no worries. Everyone's is different.
Fiddle with the throttle and the choke and the idle ****, and eventually you'll figure out what you rbikes "secret password" is to get it started. It doesn't mean anything's wrong per se, it's just how it is.
Is your biked jetted, or have aftermarket exhaust or airbox upgrades? If so, that can compound the issue. Still not a problem, just requires different fiddling.
Fiddle with the throttle and the choke and the idle ****, and eventually you'll figure out what you rbikes "secret password" is to get it started. It doesn't mean anything's wrong per se, it's just how it is.
Is your biked jetted, or have aftermarket exhaust or airbox upgrades? If so, that can compound the issue. Still not a problem, just requires different fiddling.
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you say it runs fine when it actually does start? thats weird. theres only a couple things needed for it to run. spark, fuel, air, and compression. we can rule out compression because if you had none, it wouldnt run at all. you said it gets spark and fuel, so that leaves air... but if it runs fine once started, then it cant be air. did you do the trick where you take youre fuel line off the carbs, and hold it into a bucket and tried to start the motor and see if it flows out at a healthy rate?
how does the exhaust smell once you get it running? rich? what rpms do you hover at at idle? once it starts, what rpms does it go to and drop down to?
how does the exhaust smell once you get it running? rich? what rpms do you hover at at idle? once it starts, what rpms does it go to and drop down to?
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once it starts it idles at 1500 or so gotta adjust idle screw some but it will maintain it once started i dont know about the carb work i just bought the bike in feb. it has 26000 miles it ran great till about 3 weeks ago the wifey and i jumped on the bike took about a 200 mile ride got back the next day went to start it to go to work and thats when it all started i thank all of you for your help and ill try some of the suggestions when i get a day off
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Well the bike should idle just fine at 1200 rpms so lower it using the idle screw. Idle speed wouldn't be your problem though. Once the bike does start up, what happens if you open the throttle for a second? Does it run up the RPMs or does it bog down? Does the bike take a few minutes to start running properly?
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