Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
Harder starting all of a sudden, looking for input
Brute:
--- Quote from: Foxx4Beaver on February 10, 2015, 04:12:12 AM ---
--- Quote from: Brute on February 10, 2015, 03:54:14 AM ---made me wonder if it is not old crankshaft seals leaking a touch until they warm up
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that sounds like a great recipe for....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk1jLoJP6vs :-D
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Hmmm. When I read what I wrote it does not sound very good... Sounds worse if I say it out loud... Crap.
Foxx4Beaver:
--- Quote from: Brute on February 11, 2015, 01:56:30 AM ---Hmmm. When I read what I wrote it does not sound very good... Sounds worse if I say it out loud... Crap.
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just so you know Brute, I wasn't trying to trash your post...I've always highly respected your answers/responses, I'm sure you noticed that I didn't disagree with your previous post, because it does make sense....I was just being the wise a$$ that I am, and made a little comedy out of it. :-D
Brute:
And here I thought you were trying to say "Hey Dumba$$! Best get that looked at!" :-D
Better now then when it seizes up! I was serious when I said it sounded bad. If someone told me their bike was doing that I would admonish them to fix it or suffer the consequences. Thanks for the wake up! 8-)
Brute:
--- Quote from: Brute on February 10, 2015, 03:54:14 AM ---Mine does this as well but it made me wonder if it is not old crankshaft seals leaking a touch until they warm up a little as I can get the choke completely off and the idle screw does nothing until it warms up just a bit. :-P
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Wellll, when I wrote this I had done some work on the bike a while ago and had just pulled it out to start/warm it up for a bit with no riding involved. Put it back in the shop and covered it up as I had to get to work. Fast forward months to now and replacing my front tire. Noticed a 'note to self' to check cable routing and hoses. Got the front tire on. Fired it up. All good now. Oops :-D
My first thing to say should have been "Check to be sure the throttle is closing all the way".
Foxx4Beaver:
--- Quote from: Brute on February 16, 2015, 04:26:13 AM ---My first thing to say should have been "Check to be sure the throttle is closing all the way".
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that sucks!...it happened to me once years ago on a 250....kill switch wouldn't kill it, luckily putting it in gear and slowly letting out the clutch whilst STANDING on the rear brake pedal shut it down.
Since then...I've always listened for that distinct sound of the slide closing.
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