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Old Jan 8, 2006 | 11:23 PM
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Old Jan 8, 2006 | 11:26 PM
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sorry, ok my ttr125, sorry its a dirt bike, takes like 10 minutes of hard kicking and using of electric start even with choke 2 start it, and it even takes a really long time to warm up now, in the summer, 1 kick and boom blast off, i didn't do anything to my bike to change it around at all... how should i handle this?
 
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Old Jan 9, 2006 | 12:47 AM
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This is a common problem . Older motorcycles and quads used to have real chokes, now they have enricheners. And if you are trying to start it cold, or use ethenal blended fuel, its very difficult.
If you can get easy access to the intake,..try to cover it almost closed, with a glove or rag, in addition to using the 'choke". This should make it go way rich,that always makes my quads fire right off in cold weather.
Another thing to try, is give the mixture screw a 1/4 turn richer, when riding in the cold temps, and when the weather warms back up, turn it back leaner 1/4 turn.
 
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