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I hate my 450
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[QUOTE="GREENBEAN, post: 736442, member: 17062"] Maybe the Cold air and wind from trailering on a long trip really cools down the motor internally which makes it difficult to start for some reason. What works for me is if I have kicked a considerable amount say 20 kicks or if I smell gas. I will turn the gas valve off and continue with my starting procedure that usually does it after a few kicks and the extra gas gets cleaned out of the carb.. I had a fouled plug and this was the only way to get it to start it took me like 30-40 minutes of kicking and trying other things... Another time after 20 minutes of kicking I took the plug out and scraped it with a knife then heated it with a Hot Blue flame type butane lighter inserted it quickly and it started literally first kick. After not riding for a while say 2weeks I have a difficult time starting my bike it rarely takes less than 20-30 kicks to get her going. So far my procedure is I must prime the throttle a few times (2-4) to even get a sputter to happen and I must repeat that procedure of at least one blip with the choke on per every 2-3 kicks. Then I will get it to light up. I am getting better it only took 10-15 kicks last time after a week of not riding. Someone suggested to raise the idle 1/4 to 1/2 turn to start while cold then back it off after around 10-20 minutes That also seemed to make a big difference in starting since the throttle is kept closed to start. I think these are real sensitive COLD BLOODED bikes... [/QUOTE]
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