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KX60 HELP! In need of rebuild!
Friar-Tuck:
Hey Chris,
I heard you guys got some pretty heavy snow this weekend. Must be the global warming from all your motorcycles! :-o Hope you guys made it all right.
I have been trying to get as much wood in as I can before it starts snowing here or I get my other side rebuilt. so I haven't been here as much, I find out for sure if I get my new left side re-built nov 9th.
O.K. , about this 60..
You said
--- Quote ---then I pull the choke out and it starts 1 or 2 after that.
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With the cold weather you guys are having the engine may take a few kicks to get her going.
Fuel will not atomize as easily in cold weather, or the engine is cold.
Thats why you have a choke on the bike, to get more fuel in the engine for starting. Once the engine starts the increased velocity of the air being drawn through the carb will help atomize the fuel. and once the engine warms up the fuel air mixture will be warmed up as its pulled through the engine and pumped through the crankcase.
You simply have to put on the choke first and then start kicking the bike. Two or three kicks to start the bike does not seem excessive to me. Be careful if you intend on riding during the really cold weather. Its just as easy to run the bike lean in cold weather as it is in hot weather.
I think there is going to be a bit more smoke with the less expensive oils you have been running.
I'm not saying there will be no smoke with some of the more expensive oil, but it should be less.
Something else to consider is the bike is going to smoke jetted on the safe or rich side as opposed to running on the edge.
I wish I had a magic formula to give you and the bike will be set up perfect every time, but that's just not possible.. I can tell you that if you stick with it, and keep reading all the material
you can on jetting, oils, and two stroke engine basics you will "Get it" and it will all make sense.
The only thing I would be doing to get the bike to run better is keep working with it.
Tuck\o/
chris-mets:
Hey Tuck,
thanks for the response. We are fine now. The house was 50 inside which was colder than outside! and I was locked out of the garage cause its electric! haha
I realized that your probably right with the engine being cold...cause everytime I start the kx now I pull the choke out and starts on the second kick most of the time. Then say I turn it off after 5 mins, it will start 1 kick no choke. Also about the kx. Something is up with the clutch. Say I start the bike and it is idling. Then I go to pull the clutch in then click down to first gear. It will still go forward if I totally let off the clutch then give it gas but with some bog. Like with any other clutch bike, the bike will just shut off no doubt about it. What could this be?
Also with the yz, which im fooling with today about the oil problem, it shoots black oil out the exhaust when riding. Also still drips and drools. This is all unburnt oil. I like how its running now but the oil is a big pain. I guess since I changed the ratio and not the jets, it is running wayyy too rich and is just shooting out the unburnt oil.
Now about the cb400...I put 3 new fuses in, connected jumper cables from my moms car to the bike, and it cranked and all the lights work!...Im working on taking the carbs off....they are clogged solid. That is why the throttle wasnt budging..I disconnected all the cables from the carb (2 throttle cables and choke cable) and they all moved freely...So now I gotta yank off those carbs and clean them and buy a battery then it should be good.
Thanks.
Chris
1989kawasaki:
dont put the choke on for 5 mins. only keep it on for less than 10 secs
chris-mets:
noo I meant turn the bike off after 5 minutes lol
1989kawasaki:
--- Quote from: chris-mets on November 03, 2011, 09:33:37 AM ---noo I meant turn the bike off after 5 minutes lol
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:lol: :lol:
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