Anthony Newton wrote:
[kickstart procedure]
I have written up the procedure as outlined in the owners' manual at
some
earlier stage. It may be searchable in the archives.
Briefly, you would leave ignition off, use whatever choke for the
conditions, short stabs on the kicklever to get it up to compression,
slowly push the kicklever just past compression, return kicklever to the
top, then turn on ignition and give the kicklever a big boot.
This is/was outlined on a sticker on the fuel tank (at least when it
left
the factory).
They do kick back if you get it wrong, this is one benefit of the
electic start as the starter one-way clutch stops the kickback.
[...]
> While I was looking at my bike last night, I noticed the fork tubes are 1-1.5" above the triple.
8000miles and the forks are _still_ there? Where they are at the
moment is where the factory puts them to fit the bike better into the
crate. Every factory picture of the forks shows the top of the fork tube
level with the top of the upper triple clamp.
With the forks in the packing position, the bike will not handle right
and you will probably slide into the tank when you brake. I did when I
bought mine until I figured out what was going on.
> Also, does anyone actually run air in their forks? I know there was a thread on this, but I never saw a good answer. :-/
Leave the fork pressure at atmospheric unless you have some good reason
otherwise.
Mister_T
Melbourne Australia