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I hate my 450
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[QUOTE="jboomer, post: 739690, member: 27524"] I posted this back on the 18th on another site, this topic didn't go very far here so I just kinda let it die: Well, got the starting fluid this morning, squirted a burst into the intake and started kicking...nothing. Pulled the plug out (it was damp) squirted a burst into the cylinder, put the plug back in, kicked 4 times and it started...it ran at VERY high idle for about 1 1/2 seconds, then popped twice and died. Refused to start again, so I repeated the above (damp plug again), kicked 4 times and it started again with the same results. Tried the above procedure again 3 times without getting it to start. So, I squirted another burst into the intake and one into the cylinder, put the gas tank back on, kicked 10 tiimes and it fired and stayed running. I readjusted the idle screw, it seems to idle the best at 4 1/2 turns out. Got it back together and have ridden it around the yard for the last 10 minutes or so. I guess I'm going to make starting fluid a new addition to my tool box. If it refuses to start for me at the track, but I can shoot starting fluid into the intake and it'll run, I'll be OK with that. It's a tradeoff I know, but one that I can live with. As long as I don't have to leave the track with a clean bike, I'll be happy! And then this one after someone questioned my acceptance of having to use starting fluid EVERY time I start it: I'm pretty sure the whole starting issue (especially to the extent I have taken it) is because somehow, somewhere I'm flooding it. Be it when I'm loading the bike into the back of my truck and unloading it (maybe twisting the throttle a tad because I'm at such a weird angle) or even a slight twist whilst kicking the crap out of it. If I needed the starting fluid EVERY time I attempted to start the bike, then yes something is DEFINITELY wrong and I would be wrong not to search it out. But, if it occurs every once in a while because of something I had done, then the starting fluid seems an acceptable fix. I'm coming off a KX250 and a WR250 (2 stroke) previous to it. With those bikes, it was acceptable and sometimes necessary to give the throttle a quarter turn when kicking it. I don't think I'm doing it now with this bike, but old habits are sometimes hard to break! [/QUOTE]
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