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It's alive!

Postby Ibsen » Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:15 pm

It's alive! :D
I have started my bike today for the first time since the middle of October. It has been stored in a cold garage the whole period. Drained the carbs, put in a charged battery, pulled out the choke, twisted the trottle grip 4-5 times and pumped out some fuel with the accel pump. Then switched the ignition on and hit the starter button. 4-5 seconds on the starter and it came to life. :D

Now, if only the rest of the ice would melt away from the roads, I will be out riding again. :mrgreen:

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Postby rob » Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:58 pm

Sounds good, If only all resurections went that well

Just curious about this accel pump you speak of? Its connected to the throttle and pumps gas into the floats when you twist the throttle?

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Postby Ibsen » Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:08 pm

The PD carbs have got an accelereator pump. Every time you twist the trottle grip it will pump fuel from the float bowls into the carb venturi. That helps when you are starting the bike in cold weather. But you have to be careful and not twist the grip too many times. If you do, you can overflow the engine.

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Postby Guest » Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:03 pm

Ah, interesting. So this is not the same with the CV carbs then?

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Postby Ibsen » Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:30 pm

The accelerator pump on the CV carbs should work the same way. It is mechanical driven, not vacum driven.

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Postby Vatch » Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:39 pm

I hope to report mine starting so easily in a week or so. I need to replace the battery from last year. It has 1997 written on it :shock:
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Re: It's alive!

Postby Volker_P » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:43 am

Congratulations!
I will try the same thing next weekend. I will use the same procedure but usually mine will not come that easy. Maybe there is a chance after standing in the sun for a while. My garage is quite wet. Well, at least we don't have ice problems here any more. I was windsurfing yesterday. :P

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Postby Ibsen » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:22 am

Volker, my Kawasaki is much harder to start the first time in the spring, but I have found that if I use an electric heating fan and warm up the engine a little in advance, it normally starts on the second or third kick on the kickstarter.

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Re: It's alive!

Postby Volker_P » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:06 am

Yes, heat helps to suggest summer to the engine. Many years ago when I ran my CB also in winter I used to wrap an old electric blanket around the engine. :D

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Postby Vatch » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:29 am

Has anyine ever heard of using a bolt on electrical engine block heater? They are used on cars in northern latitudes in North America . I've thought about rigging one up for the 650 for cold morning starts. It could save wear on the bettery and starter. An automatic timer to start the heat a few hours before needed would be easy enough.
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Postby Ibsen » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:41 am

Almoast every car in Norway have that heater too. It is warming up the cooling liquid. Over here it is either installed in the engine block by removing a frost plug, or it is installed on the hose that runs between the bottom of the radiator and the engine.
I don't know how it will work on an air cooled bike though, but my guess is that it has to be installed in the bottom of the oil pan.

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Postby Vatch » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:30 pm

That's where I was thinking to put it on the bottom of the oil pan.

Hmmm, many people of Norweigen decent in this part of the USA, including my wife. 8)
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Postby Vatch » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:31 pm

That's where I was thinking to put it on the bottom of the oil pan.

Hmmm, many people of Norwegian decent in this part of the USA, including my wife. 8)
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Postby Ibsen » Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:42 pm

Really. Where did here family come from?

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Postby cb650 » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:32 pm

When my dad had his little plane in the winter before flying we would take a electric heater with a stove pipe on it to warm the engine.




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