Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
Whats the best way to start the 5 hundie ?
kix500:
turn on fuel and choke kick through bout 6 time slowly, then get it on the compression stroke push the kick start down slow one click or till it just barely comes over the tdc then let it up and one hard stomp works for me every time.
kiwikx500:
Cheers guys alot of food for thought,mine has started well so far but have a problem with my spark plug cap as my other post shows,just posted this post to see if there was a correct way.
Is the rocking backwards and forwards in 2 nd gear alright to do long term ? i do not want to put any unessasary wear on the gearbox especially a cold one ? I have seen my mates 5 hundie gearbox in pieces and there is alot of bits and pieces to it, equating to lots of dollars to spend when it craps it self.
kieran:
kiwikx500
Food for your thought:
Roadracers bump start their bikes all the time. I know, because I do it too.
It won't damage your gearbox. If it does go, then its because the damage was already there.
Kiwi, hmmm. What end of the isles are you at?
I'm down in the wet south (Dunedin)
kiwikx500:
Cheers Im in CHCH Timbowie is in Timaru we have pins on the world map,if you place a pin for Dunedin that will be three kiwis all in the south island - Dunedin is such a kool place heaps of charcter i have had many a good night with m8's down in old dunners,we ended up one night in the Dunedin YMCA with three chicks we had dragged out of one of the clubs,it wasn't the best scenery in the YMCA the next mornng lolol,spot ya.
gowen:
I used to lay it on it's side and give a lord loving kick. But, now that I my jetting is on par, it fires up pretty much after one slow kick and one big kick. With the choke of course.
A few slow kicks then a hammer kick seems to fire it everytime for everybody I know. Good luck. If you don't mind a sleeve, check out the ebay company that sells the compression release kit for the big K.
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