Will I kill my optimate if....

And lo - he did search amongst the crap in the cupboards and did find a
battery, sealed and new.

**** me - it's the right size and everyfink!

Time to get it charged up and fitted!
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Champ said...

Oh lovely.

 

Another mate got me in to start his carb equipped Triumph after an
unprepared lay off outside. It was a bitch to start. The trick is not to
use any throttle just full choke, and to apply the starter in 2 - 3
second bursts after draining / refilling the carbs to purge water /
general muck that may have ended up in the float bowls.

 

To start the 955 you turn the ignition on and then press the starter.
No throttle, let the bike work out what it needs. Easy.

 

Christofire said...

The Gixer has a choke lever that needs to be used when it's cold. I
can't understand why cos it has FI and should work it out for itself..

 

Lozzo emerged from their own little world to say

We've been here before.

It's not a choke. It just opens the throttle a smidgen. Same on my boxhead
system. In previous threads Champ described it as a "fast idle lever".

 

Crikey, I didn't realise the K1 did that. I always thought it strange,
when I first got my Sprint ST, thet the VFRs I was comparing it with
still had some sort of cold-start lever.

FYI, the K3 onwards have proper FI, with no such fitment.

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Elbow? No, it just takes a press of the thumb... or a turn of the key,
in the case of the lawn mower. Dunno what sort of bike/mower you have
that you use the elbow to start...

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Heh.

Thanks, I needed that ;-)

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Whoosh.

 

... and a pelvic thrust ...

 

It's the same on the old 748 and 916 Ducatis.

 

And MVs.

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<flounce>

 

And old-skool Milles (the new ones are controlled, terrifyingly, by an
Italian computer brain)

 

it can wait until I'm on better form... gotta put the acid in.

6 ickle bottles all joined together...oh fun...
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B12S (The Red Mist), CB450DX (The Moped)
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Red death, to set you free

 

It's a piece of piss, man. Whip the lid(s) off the battery, rip the
foil closures off the acid bottles. Line up, take a deep breath and
invert acid bottles over battery openings and leave to drain. All
done in a few seconds.

Do it outside with a bucket of water handy if you're really worried.

 

[new battery]

If I can do this without any problem, and I can, then anyone can.

 

It's not a choke, it's a "fast idle" apparently.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

The Voyager doesn't have one.

Which is odd, when you think about it.

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