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Old 03-21-2010, 08:16 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default 525 exc won't start

My bike won't start that easy. I have to kick it over about 12 times before it starts. With the electric start it won't start at all. The electric motor engages, but there isn't enough juice to get it moving enough to engage the motor to start the engine. I know, check the battery...

There has to be sime kind of trick to kickstart these 4 strokes. There impossible. There is a lever mounted on the handle bar that decompresses the compression chamber. There is some trick to releasing that lever just as you kick the bike over. I've done it several times before. It sucks a$$.

I put new gas in the bike and drained the old stuff. I suppose it could be a plug.
I personally think it's a combination of the rider and a piece of sh!t KTM bike.

Funny, kicking the bike doesn't help either. Toughts?

Paul
Parker, CO
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Old 03-21-2010, 08:35 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Default da' I figured it out George...

I forgot ta' turn the gas on.

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Old 03-22-2010, 07:20 AM   #3 (permalink)
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