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Title: Bike starting hard... Post by Ramsforever on 05/08/12 at 12:34:31 Have to full choke it, have to keep the starter going way too long... Have used Sea Faom, is it a plug? Temp around here is 40-60 on the avg. Bike is four years old. |
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Title: Re: Bike starting hard... Post by babyhog on 05/08/12 at 12:47:02 First start, or even after its warmed up? Weak battery would be my first guess.... how old is it? |
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Title: Re: Bike starting hard... Post by Ramsforever on 05/08/12 at 12:56:22 Battery is only a year + old. Trust me, it takes a while to get it running. So I am gratefull for the juice. Once I get it running, I need full choke for 20 secs or so.. then go to min choke... Once I am on the road/freeway it's fine on no choke. It was never like this before. I am going to try changing the plug. |
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Title: Re: Bike starting hard... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/08/12 at 17:55:20 IDK what youre doing, but if I giv mine a twist on the giggle stick, it wont start,, If youre givin it gas, try not doin that, If youre not, well,, I wouldnt try it if I needed to leave soon, |
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Title: Re: Bike starting hard... Post by Spamy on 05/09/12 at 10:55:22 I would start with a new plug like you mentioned. On single cylinder 4 strokes, valve clearance issues are characterized by hard starting. I doubt that is the problem on a 4 yr old bike, but I wouldnt rule it out also. |
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Title: Re: Bike starting hard... Post by martinfilms34 on 05/09/12 at 11:22:19 Try to Your battery a charge, I had the same problem, and charged y battery and it was good to go. I put it on an auto shut off trickle charger when I notice it doing that on start up |
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Title: Re: Bike starting hard... Post by Ramsforever on 05/09/12 at 13:37:14 Thank you everyone. I appreciate the advice. I will let you know how things go. |
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Title: Re: Bike starting hard... Post by tizzyfit on 05/11/12 at 16:14:15 I was having the same "issue" and found out the problem wasn't the battery, starter, choke or fuel..........It was the OPERATOR! With full choke, I was also twisting the throttle wide open. Thanks to someone on this board, who is obviously much smarter than me, told me to to leave the throttle alone. Sure enough, the beast comes to life within a few seconds. It's been 45 -65 degrees around here and 500' elevation. 44777B6570796473607364160 wrote:
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Title: Re: Bike starting hard... Post by Ramsforever on 05/23/12 at 09:20:41 I have a guy looking at it. He thought it was a valve issue when he heard how it runs. And after taking things apart, the valves seem fine. Now he thinks it may be the cam chain tensioner. Should know in a day or two. |
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Title: Re: Bike starting hard... Post by bill67 on 05/23/12 at 09:25:44 How many miles on it.How many miles did you drive with Sea Foam in it. |
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Title: Re: Bike starting hard... Post by Oldfeller on 05/23/12 at 09:29:09 You have a guy looking at it. You aren't paying him to experiment on your bike are you? We have LOTS and LOTS of issues each year caused by inexperienced Savage dealership technicians, so much so we keep a thread about in the Tech Section. Repairmen at dealerships come and go with the seasons and the one looking at your bike has OBVIOUSLY never dealt with a Savage before ..... http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1331849500 |
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Title: Re: Bike starting hard... Post by Ramsforever on 05/23/12 at 11:42:58 It's not a dealership. Bike is a 2007 with 49,000 miles. I am a freeway driver. Used Sea Foam a few times. Why? |
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Title: Re: Bike starting hard... Post by verslagen1 on 05/23/12 at 11:48:58 well with 49k on it, you should look at the cam chain tensioner. clean the carb, change the plug, might be the jetting all depends on the mods you've done already. |
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Title: Re: Bike starting hard... Post by Ramsforever on 05/23/12 at 11:50:53 I have made no mods. Should of adjusted the valves, but never did. Will let you know about the cam chain soon. |
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Title: Re: Bike starting hard... Post by Ramsforever on 05/23/12 at 11:53:10 515A5F5F0504330 wrote:
Probably 150-200 miles... |
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Title: Re: Bike starting hard... Post by Ramsforever on 06/12/12 at 13:14:26 Turns out the Cam tensioner was broke. I have a hole burnt through one of the valves. The pistion rings are fried, and the cylyinder has burn marks. I think the mistake I made was when I bought it. The dealer said it should be fine for 100 miles a freeway driving a day. I should have adjusted the valves when I was supposed to. Live and learn. It was a nice bike, but not worth the $1000-$1500 to fix it. Peace out brothers! :) I am sure I need a bigger bike for my travels to work. And the kicker.... this happend after my extended 4 year warrenty :-[ I did get 50,000 miles out of it without any major adjustments. I guess I should be grateful. |
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Title: Re: Bike starting hard... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/12/12 at 19:32:15 50,000,, thats FIFTY thousand, on a cam chain?? Thats what happens when ya dont run the short hops I guess.. Too bad he didnt do the regular maintenance, or at least run Klotz..still be goin down the road.. |
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