Joined Mar 2012
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ok... so here we are without bike after four rides
I had a new battery on the bike. Because the terrain is quite difficult I am sometimes forced to turn off the bike multiple times, push it and the start it again. The new battery went flat after a while :cuss: ... It seems that when the bike is hot is a little bit more difficult to start. Even with the kickstarter I have to kick at least ten - twelve times in order to start it ... :angry: ...
A couple of times I had a fall and the bike was not turn off instantly but I do not think this is relevant... Read below...
Starting problems aside, here is what happened. The bike refused to start so I tried to push it and put it in third gear. Leaving the clutch, a sound came of the gearbox similar to that of a spring breaking. After that the starter would not turn at all and the kickstart would not come down ... Checked oil and water everything was ok. Some minor leaks from the head but not major things. After a couple of minutes kickstarter is fine but I do not try to start the bike in case I mess everything up. The kickstarter is jammed after 10 minutes for an unknown reason. It seems to jam and free by itself :roll: ... For example it does not come down and then for and after five minutes pushing it everything is ok. Then after another five minutes the kickstart refuses to go down again ... :roll:
Saturday night I left it on the mountain. Sunday Had to push it over what seemed to be an impossible path :cuss: and I left it today in my mechanic to sort it out ...
I had a new battery on the bike. Because the terrain is quite difficult I am sometimes forced to turn off the bike multiple times, push it and the start it again. The new battery went flat after a while :cuss: ... It seems that when the bike is hot is a little bit more difficult to start. Even with the kickstarter I have to kick at least ten - twelve times in order to start it ... :angry: ...
A couple of times I had a fall and the bike was not turn off instantly but I do not think this is relevant... Read below...
Starting problems aside, here is what happened. The bike refused to start so I tried to push it and put it in third gear. Leaving the clutch, a sound came of the gearbox similar to that of a spring breaking. After that the starter would not turn at all and the kickstart would not come down ... Checked oil and water everything was ok. Some minor leaks from the head but not major things. After a couple of minutes kickstarter is fine but I do not try to start the bike in case I mess everything up. The kickstarter is jammed after 10 minutes for an unknown reason. It seems to jam and free by itself :roll: ... For example it does not come down and then for and after five minutes pushing it everything is ok. Then after another five minutes the kickstart refuses to go down again ... :roll:
Saturday night I left it on the mountain. Sunday Had to push it over what seemed to be an impossible path :cuss: and I left it today in my mechanic to sort it out ...