SuzukiSavage.com /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Bump starting and the first real ride this year /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1268158049 Message started by brian_b on 03/09/10 at 10:07:28

Title: Bump starting and the first real ride this year Post by brian_b on 03/09/10 at 10:07:28 After charging the battery a bit over the weekend i decided that if my Savage starts this morning i'll ride to work. The forecast for the area (N.E. Ohio) was cold in the morning but nice later (nice being past 50 degrees). well, i thumbed the started switch and the starter just lazily rolled the engine...hmmm i thought...does this mean i have to go back inside and remove my layering and drive a cage? ( NNNnooooooooohhhh -- winter has been too long ) heck no i thought = let's try that bump start method i read on suzukisavage.com  8-) so i backed her up the drive and let it rolll... hold in the clutch get ready to shift to second shift to second gear release clutch hit starter to activate the decomp controller say small prayer...and huzzah! She Started! it all happened in a moment it seemed but when i think about it it's like the movies where everything slows way down and a bird flies by smiling... ;) Thank you for such a beneficial website. Brian

Title: Re: Bump starting and the first real ride this yea Post by babyhog on 03/10/10 at 05:13:39 A great story.  I'm glad it worked out for you!  Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Bump starting and the first real ride this yea Post by Rocco on 03/10/10 at 07:18:42 that's pretty cool! i've had a couple of moments where "the zone" kicked in!! speaking of the birds and the zone, i was riding behind this big van recently, and birds were attacking the cars ahead of me. well the van was rather large and took out several of the birds. i was covered in feathers and forced to dodge and circle around birds that had hit the ground and were rolling!!! when everything slowed down, i thought i was dreaming it was so bizarre!

Title: Re: Bump starting and the first real ride this yea Post by wolfmrp on 03/10/10 at 11:01:46 566B67676B040 wrote: that's pretty cool! i've had a couple of moments where "the zone" kicked in!! speaking of the birds and the zone, i was riding behind this big van recently, and birds were attacking the cars ahead of me. well the van was rather large and took out several of the birds. i was covered in feathers and forced to dodge and circle around birds that had hit the ground and were rolling!!! when everything slowed down, i thought i was dreaming it was so bizarre! Rocco, you study Martial Arts, right?  That happens to me almost every time I do heavy sparing or when I used to fight.  It seems like the situation has to be very real, then you hit the moment of clarity and you can do no wrong.  What a great feeling. :)

SuzukiSavage.com » Powered by YaBB 2.2! YaBB © 2000-2007. All Rights Reserved.