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grafittijunkie · Post by **grafittijunkie** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:49 pm

for the last two days when i let my bike sit over night, they next day when i start it, it takes a lot of kicks. and while kicking i have to pull throtle the bike for it to start. and when it starts i still have to hold the trotle wide opened until the bike sounds like its goign to idle. i have to warm the bike up real well until i can ride it. today when i was trying to start it, a couple drops of really black drips came out of the kicker cover i think, and then the kicker would kinda freeze up at the top so i can't kick it no more. when i got it started i took it out and it was working good and when i came to a stop all i could hear was like air coming out. so i pulled over and looked at it and it seemed okay. i let it rest for like five minutes and when i started it up this time the thing never made noise but not too long after all i could hear is like squeaky noise while the bike is running. anyone know whats going on?

toboggan · Post by **toboggan** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:02 am

ahh, thats kinda what happened to mine. take your cover off and make sure your kick start gears aren't getting chewed up.

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:15 am

The kick starter IS NOT for daily use!!! Its for when your battery is dead, so you can move it till you get a $30 battery.

Were you kicking the kick starter?

grafittijunkie · Post by **grafittijunkie** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:13 am

yeah i only kick start it. i have battery but after i replaced the starter pinion with one that i found it only works with the kicker cover off. and even then the starter seems to be very weak. so i thought screw it. just kick it.

bakaracer · Post by **bakaracer** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:24 am

The hard start sounds like your electric choke is bad.check the connection.as for the black drip,are you sure it came out of the trans cover and not from the top of it?

grafittijunkie · Post by **grafittijunkie** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:55 am

it might have been from the top of it. i was trying to kick it and when i started to get stuck a couple drops of the black stuff dripped out. i left it there and when i dried it dried into this thick black substance and when i went over it with my finger it looks like super dark dust.

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:36 pm

Sounds to me like you might have lost a crank seal and chewed up the starter. Are you running a gasket on the cover? If you dont the electric start wont be spaced properly, running the electric start without a cover can mess it up,

deanald · Post by **deanald** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:36 pm

sorry, what's wrong with using the kick start?

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:46 pm

deanald wrote:sorry, what's wrong with using the kick start?

It isnt built to start the bike every time you ride it.

toboggan · Post by **toboggan** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:01 pm

yeah, you learn that really easy when stuff like this happens, it just happened to me this past sunday.

Did you happen to pop that cover off and see what was crackin' under there? lol

~toboggan