1985 XL250R starting drill?
MVCronk
I am two stroke man, always have been but I just picked up a bike for the
girl friend and have no idea what the hot and cold starting drill is for a
thumper like this. Note that this is one of those years where Honda used
dual carbs on a single cylinder - weird.
Any problem areas on this bike that anyone knows of? Oh yes, I made sure it
had the 21" front hoop, but no disc brake - bummer.
Thanks to all.
Mark Cronk
92 CR500
Now wrenching on a neglected XL250R with get this: White Bros cam kit,
Supertrap, header, roost boost battery eliminator. All these goodies on a
XR would make sense, but on an XL seems alittle odd.
Herman van Santen
>
> Hey tumpers,
>
> I am two stroke man, always have been but I just picked up a bike for the
> girl friend and have no idea what the hot and cold starting drill is for a
> thumper like this. Note that this is one of those years where Honda used
> dual carbs on a single cylinder - weird.
>
> Any problem areas on this bike that anyone knows of? Oh yes, I made sure it
> had the 21" front hoop, but no disc brake - bummer.
>
> Thanks to all.
I've got the same question for my XR500, it has an automatic
decompression thingie with a cable from the kick starter. But it happens
to me a lot that the thing backfires and I'm afraid I'm gonna heart my
foot :-((
I tried kicking till I feel the compression and then slowly pushing it
through the compression, and most of the times it's starts. But I think
the automatic decompressor is there for a reason. And sometimes it
starts like a dream almost without any effort.
Anybody????
Herman van Santen
'90 VFR750 FL (Sneeuwwitje)
'84 XR500 (Big Red One)
Trail Blazer
David Moen wrote:
> Had one of those beasts too. The auto-decompressor only works during the
> top part of the kickstarter stroke, so usually you can't tell where
> compression is unless you are in the bottom half. As with all big 4
> strokes - move the piston to the top of a compression stroke, pull the
> manual decompression lever, move the kickstarter another inch or so, release
> the manual decompression lever and give'er a boot!
No throttle!! Put your hand on the front brake to keep it off the throttle.
> If it doesn't start
> after a few of these, assume its flooded - choke off, full throttle, pull
> the decompressor and kick it through about 10 revolutions - start over.
Again no throttle
>
.Marty
Renton WA
'91 DR350/400 - Porky the Diesel Pig
'94 PW80 - David's ready for an bigger bike - Anyone in Seattle have a XR80 for
sale?
'85 JR50 - Brain's almost ready to ride it bike
'82 XR200 - Wife's Web bike (Has more cob webs then dirt on it)
David Moen
top part of the kickstarter stroke, so usually you can't tell where
compression is unless you are in the bottom half. As with all big 4
strokes - move the piston to the top of a compression stroke, pull the
manual decompression lever, move the kickstarter another inch or so, release
after a few of these, assume its flooded - choke off, full throttle, pull
the decompressor and kick it through about 10 revolutions - start over.
When I first got my XR500 - I had no knowledge of "the drill" and got lots
of excercise. Once I learned it (thanks RMD) my relationship with my bike
became much more fulfilling.
--
David Moen
'91 XR600
'84 GPz750
Herman van Santen <hvsa...@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:3737324A...@xs4all.nl...
Herman van Santen
wrote:
>Had one of those beasts too. The auto-decompressor only works during the
>top part of the kickstarter stroke, so usually you can't tell where
>compression is unless you are in the bottom half. As with all big 4
>strokes - move the piston to the top of a compression stroke, pull the
>manual decompression lever, move the kickstarter another inch or so, release
>the manual decompression lever and give'er a boot! If it doesn't start
>after a few of these, assume its flooded - choke off, full throttle, pull
>the decompressor and kick it through about 10 revolutions - start over.
>
>When I first got my XR500 - I had no knowledge of "the drill" and got lots
>of excercise. Once I learned it (thanks RMD) my relationship with my bike
>became much more fulfilling.
But mine hasn't got a manual decompression lever, only the automatic.
So I have to push it through the compression and then give it a kick.
And most of the times it starts with 1 kick. But it's difficult to
push it slowly through the compression without going to far.
But I'm learning it :-))
David Moen
> > after a few of these, assume its flooded - choke off, full throttle,
pull
> > the decompressor and kick it through about 10 revolutions - start over.
>
I've always founf that it's easier to clear a flood with full throttle
applied during cranking.
--
David Moen
'91 XR600
'84 GPz750
> >
>
David Moen
I had an 84 XR500 (dual carb right?) that activated the decompressor using a
cable coming up from the kick starter, the linkage also included a cable
that ran over to the left hand grip for a manual method of decompression.
Maybey its been removed from yours.
>
> So I have to push it through the compression and then give it a kick.
> And most of the times it starts with 1 kick. But it's difficult to
> push it slowly through the compression without going to far.
>
Hasn't beena problem wiht my XR600, compression stroke is easy to find with
an 11:1 piston!!
--
David Moen
'91 XR600
'84 GPz750
> But I'm learning it :-))