Starting in cold weather
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Starting in cold weather
hello all, question for u guys that actually get a real winter. i've been trying to get my bike started lately but she doesnt wanna go. she cranks and sounds like she's gonna start but just doesnt catch. she started up fine a little less than 2 weeks ago, but the weather was above 0c (im in canada, so temps are in celcius) overnight. we had another cold spurt for the last week wheres its getting to below -20c and our highs arent going above freezing. is this too cold for our bikes to run?
my bike is in an unheated garage. keep in mind everything is working correctly, fuel pump primes, headlights work, no FI lights, bike in neutral and kill switch on start. i put fuel stabilizer in before winter.
i actually got the bike running last night but it ran like a bag of hammers and shut off after i bumped the throttle. i killed my battery with all the cranking so i'll prolly just recharge it and leave it alone til its consistently decent weather.
so my question, is -20c too cold for our bikes to start up nicely? hopefully someone who experiences a pretty cold winter can chime in.
my bike is in an unheated garage. keep in mind everything is working correctly, fuel pump primes, headlights work, no FI lights, bike in neutral and kill switch on start. i put fuel stabilizer in before winter.
i actually got the bike running last night but it ran like a bag of hammers and shut off after i bumped the throttle. i killed my battery with all the cranking so i'll prolly just recharge it and leave it alone til its consistently decent weather.
so my question, is -20c too cold for our bikes to start up nicely? hopefully someone who experiences a pretty cold winter can chime in.
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Yea thats what i was figuring. the weather is ridiculous up here. it was warming up to like 9c for a week so i figured id get my bike ready for the season. then the cold stretch came down again and thats when all the trouble started. ill just leave it alone for now. its supposed to get back up in the pluses next week.
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