well we have a nice ice rink/street here and i went to start the spree to go have some fun and it wouldnt start for anything. it will only start if i prime it with starter fluid first. im taking a guess and saying it is the choke. it does this every time it is cold. its fine in the warm weather. maby a spree just isnt made to choke good enough in 5-10 degree weather. or its tryin 2 tell me to get my * back in the house instead of drifting around an ice rink on a motorcycle.
Is the Spree being kept outside, or in an unheated garage? Dude, nothing aircooled likes to start in 10F weather, esp. coldsoaked. You'll either have to use starter fluid or preheat the engine with a lamp. A 300W halogen works nice, but any incadescent will do with enough time.
Mine will usually start relatively easily, not as good as warm weather, but it will start in 20 degree weather. Just do not pull the throttle at all leave it at idle. Then run the starter for 30 seconds. You should get something with that. Sometimes a HARD kickstart will do the trick better, try that. My spree runs extremely bad in cold weather, I can only get about 24mph out of it in anything less than 20 degrees. It just chugs when it gets up to 25, but has more takeoff power. I also did some ice cruising, you are definately going go want to get it running, ice riding is SOOOO! fun!!!
yes my garage is heated. IT JUST DOESNT WORK.lol. it is kept in the garage but cold. i would try to kickstart it but it doesnt have one. the crankcase cover is off an 84 spree. i needed one and got it for free so, thats what i use.
Use a small heater or light under the engine to prewarm it. Use common sense, you don't want a fuel fire i.e. by putting a 1000W heater directly under it.
