Getting a bike started that has been in storage for 10 weeks

steve-d · Post by **steve-d** » Dec 15th, '07, 20:26

[quote="TLS-Moose"]If starting with a fast idle/choke lever, get the revs down as quick as possible ...... hard revving a cold engine is sure fire disaster in the long run .... Kwak fours used to be the worst, screaming at 3/4000 rpm

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Mine does that, really scared me the first time, have to let it do it for about 10/15 secs before it will drop, gotta get used to the choke my old bike is an on/off choke.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Jan 4th, '08, 09:29

I leave mine standing for months at a time, sometimes for more than 4 months, and she fires up straight away. Thats a HONDA for you

chris_1127 · Post by **chris_1127** » Jan 4th, '08, 10:06

know what you mean Jay, if I had a h*nda I'd leave it in the shed for months at a time too ;)

deej · Post by **deej** » Jan 4th, '08, 23:48

cant beat a honda for reliability but when they go wrong they aint cheap to fix

JohnBob · Post by **JohnBob** » Jan 5th, '08, 02:24

I have a cat1 acumen installed on my Hornet, all bells whistles etc (monitors tilt, ignition tamper.. blah blah blah), which is great however if its left on and unstarted for about a couple of weeks the engine won't turn over, and so needs a quickstart boost.

n.b thieves; The alarm continues to operate fully even if it has taken the guts away from the batteries ability to start the bike (so don't think about it!)

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Jan 5th, '08, 14:45

Jay wrote:I leave mine standing for months at a time, sometimes for more than 4 months, and she fires up straight away. Thats a HONDA for you

My Kawasaki is the same, and my KTM. And my Kawasaki has an alarm.

Mike Daytona600 · Post by **Mike Daytona600** » Jan 5th, '08, 16:24

Alarms do though, my meta does, but like said you still need to bleep it to disarm it.

My advice is to get an octimate trickle charger, if you're lucky enough to have mains power in your garage, which I'm not

Otherwise just run the bike up every 2-3 weeks. I normally do mine till the fan cuts in. Or better still go for a blast.

Ricky_t · Post by **Ricky_t** » Jan 5th, '08, 17:05

Thanks all for the replys but a mod can lock this topic if they want.

The reason why i couldn't start it was:

1) Battery did not have enough charge.
2) I had opened the throttle too much when trying to start. I only opened the throttle when the engine was off.

Lessons learnt:

1) Remove battery and put on charge - I am not willing to buy an oxford optomizer when i have a battery charger in the garage and it takes 2 minutes to remove my battery.

2) When starting an sv650 on a cold start and after a long time open the throttle 1/8 to get it going. After it has started the next uses will only need choke!

Topic locked because even though Honda make better bikes than Suzuki I don't want the dispute to continue as it will get nowhere!

Post by **billinom8s** » Jan 6th, '08, 00:00

have locked this thread at request of author