Lazy starting !!!
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Mad Hatter
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Re: Lazy starting !!!
I'm going to go completely against the grain here, when did you last do your valve clearances......
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steve the grease
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Re: Lazy starting !!!
I had exactly the same problem mate, it turned out to be the starter motor dying. A cleaned up comm, new bushes and brushes and the motor turns over quickly now.
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About a month ago , but why ?Mad Hatter wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 6:34 pm I'm going to go completely against the grain here, when did you last do your valve clearances......
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Mad Hatter
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Re: Lazy starting !!!
Like Herman said too tight and it can give you trouble with hot starts, too open and you can get trouble with cold starts if there's an auto decompressor. I'd have been surprised if the donk did that but its probably something to look out for on the katoom as they can be a bit more tempromental, mine had cold start issues and it was barely over spec.PHILinFRANCE wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 7:00 amAbout a month ago , but why ?Mad Hatter wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 6:34 pm I'm going to go completely against the grain here, when did you last do your valve clearances......
If you've already changed the reg/rec and starter solenoid of stick a meter across the battery when you try and start it to see just how much its dropping and after that look at the starter motor, either swap it out for your spare or strip it down and look for worn brushes, worn commutator or generally just being full of crap and oil.
That and the usual go through and clean all the earth's and connections and maybe run a pretty thick cable straight from the battery negative to the body of the starter motor and wait and see.
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paul_tim2000
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Re: Lazy starting !!!
Not sure if this helps but I've had a gel battery on a Cagiva Gran Canyon fail like this,
Started the bike when cold but would not start the bike when warm, measured 13V or so when sitting but refused to turn the starter motor, I assumed it was a cell internally failing when warmed up by charging/heating on the bike, left alone until next morning it worked again
Changed the battery which cured it.
Started the bike when cold but would not start the bike when warm, measured 13V or so when sitting but refused to turn the starter motor, I assumed it was a cell internally failing when warmed up by charging/heating on the bike, left alone until next morning it worked again
Changed the battery which cured it.
