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FE390 needs throttle to start

Joined Nov 2011
13 Posts | 0+
Leicestershire
Fe390 2010 bike which I bought at 12 months old with 50 hours on it.
Ever since I've had it the bike fires up straight away when cold using the cold start knob and no throttle but when warm it turns over and over without firing unless I give it a touch of throttle. This has always concerned me but never let me down for the 40 hours I've used it but last week a riding buddy's 2011 fe570 fired on the button hot or cold so something isn't right with it.
Just prior to me buying the bike the original owner had broken down with a blocked injector which the dealer had sorted.
I don't really want to start messing with anything and risk introducing dirt into the system if it's not needed.
Is this a known issue or is there a logical process to help solve it?

I have spent a couple of hours searching the forum but can't find anything similar to my issues.

Thanks in advance

Tony
 
One thing to remember is the Fuel Injection in the Husaberg does not use an Idle up Solenoid like every late model Fuel Injected car.
When you start a Fuel Injected car, the Idle up Solenoid does the equivalent of opening the throttle just the correct amount based on the engine coolant temperature and the temperature of the day and whatever else the space heads in the R&D department can think of.
 
i have a 10' fe390...same situation with tonibe63 ''... the bike fires up straight away cold and no throttle but when warm it turns over and over without firing unless I give it a touch of throttle''
 
Same here on my 390. But the 570 is really a pig to start when hot on an MX track. I drove a factory maintained 570, so maintenance shouldn't have been the problem. Liked my 390 better :D
 
The idle/tick over can be adjusted by turning the choke (cold start) knob under the petrol tank on the left. When you pull choke out you can then rotate it to increase and decrease tick over level.
 
kipper said:
The idle/tick over can be adjusted by turning the choke (cold start) knob under the petrol tank on the left. When you pull choke out you can then rotate it to increase and decrease tick over level.

Tried it but made no difference to my starting problem
 
I had a FE390 -10 and when warm I always had to crack the throttle to get it started. I talked to my dealer when I had sold it and bought my 570 and he told me its because of the original ignition mapping.
See it will help if you can get a dealer install a better mapping, you can benefit from that anyway.
 

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