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Message: [QUOTE="dirt bike dave, post: 856123, member: 18302"] Sounds normal, especially if you are running a 80w/90w gear oil in cold weather. Letting the bike idle for a few minutes just does not generate much heat in the gear oil. Switch to whatever is the lightest weight oil recommended in your owner's manual and it might get better. Another trick that might help on the first start of the day is to put the bike in gear, pull the clutch in, and kick the bike over slowly a few times - not trying to start it, just tyring to break the clutch plates loose a little bit. Then put it in neutral and start it up. Let it warm up, then pull in the clutch and snick into gear. The bike seems to lurch less and is less likely to stall after I do it this way. [/QUOTE]