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Whats the best way to start the 5 hundie ?
Roostmad1:
being the 86 K5 is my first big bore i'm starting it quite well,first gas on pull choke on,give it a couple of slow prime kicks with throttle open then get it on its compression stroke and then one hard fast as possible kick all the way through to the footpeg and usually fires first or second time!!
don46:
--- Quote from: Roostmad1 on May 31, 2010, 09:20:04 PM ---being the 86 K5 is my first big bore i'm starting it quite well,first gas on pull choke on,give it a couple of slow prime kicks with throttle open then get it on its compression stroke and then one hard fast as possible kick all the way through to the footpeg and usually fires first or second time!!
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If your going to give it a couple of "prime kicks" don't open the throttle that will NOT allow the choke to work, the throttle must be closed for the choke to work.
For me, back before the compression release, I would pull the choke, click it in second gear, rock it back and forth, and one swift kick and it was running.
maddoggy:
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Not to be a d*ck, but twisting the throttle on a bike that isn't running will do absolutely nothing. It's a vacuum system and it needs to be running for any fuel to be sucked/pumped into the carburetor.
Just sayin'....
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i call B.S. on that one. i understand what you're thinking though. my bike absolutely will not fire if you don't crack the throttle just a touch
crazyolbastard:
me too maddoggy, just a touch of throttle.
I think I`m off on the pilot a size. :roll:
Kawtoom:
--- Quote from: Timbowe on April 26, 2006, 12:18:27 PM ---I use a method that was picked up from this forum that requires fuel on , hook 2nd, and rock backwards then foward a few times to turn the motor over a little. Then get the kickstart lever biting at the very top of its stroke. Boot it like you mean it all the way to the footpeg. Have had great succsess with this method. Very seldom does it require a second atempt.
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BINGO! This IS the best/easiest way to do it! I have to kick twice maybe only once in 20 tries and that's due to my being lazy/tired or slipping off.
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