Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
Whats the best way to start the 5 hundie ?
Ims Roll:
6'5 280lbs.... 3 kick starters later... no technique i just kick really hard :-D :-D
kawboy:
--- Quote from: Ims Roll on March 11, 2013, 01:16:07 AM ---6'5 280lbs.... 3 kick starters later... no technique i just kick really hard :-D :-D
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5'9 140lbs.... a half dozen kick levers over 15 or so years...no technique I just kick really hard also :-D
Snarf:
You guys realize we're all saying the same thing, right?
Load the carb and bottom end with some fuel, and kick hard from TDC, or just past it.
Rocking back and forth, and leaning over/prime kicks do the exact same thing.
Foxx4Beaver:
I just sit on mine and make "vroom vroom" noises til I'm tired. :-P
Vfr:
Just wanted to say that this thread saved my bacon last weekend. New to owning a k5, was nervous going to the dunes not having really riden the bike before. Read this entire thread before leaving and it saved me by the second day. The first day, cold start, followed the procedure, fired up first kick. But new to riding the beast I stalled out a couple times, loading the cyclinder and she played me out good a couple times. Used to wear a Garne trials boot, and actually bruised the bottom of my foot and had to buy new boots at Rexburg Motorsports after day one. By Mid second day I had it figured out. Cold as per procedure. Warm, find TDC, crack throttle and kick like you mean it, starts first or second try. I found it very particular on how you shut down as to how easy to start. Come to stop, rev up and shut er off to clear cylinder, easy to start as per procedure. Stalling out, not so easy to start. Sometimes had to shut off gas and hold throttle wide open and kick hard at tdc a few times to clear up. In that case, usually started 3rd or 4th kick on TDC.
Anyways, thanks for the input, was what I needed to start to get "the knack" of starting the Beast! :-)
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