Gyrobob
Serious Thumper
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If you ever get stuck in the same situation, and jumping the battery is not an option, you can actually bump start a big thumper like this. The trick is to make sure the piston is on the exhaust stroke when you get the push.
First of all, let the battery sit for half an hour with no load on it. If the battery is in reasonable shape but just freshly discharged, it will recover enough voltage to create a spark shortly.
With the key still off, get on the bike, put it in third, and back it up till you can't back it up anymore. This puts the piston at the beginning of the exhaust stroke (the end of the compression stroke), giving you a chance to get the motor spinning a bit before it hits the compression stroke.
Get on the bike, raise the kickstand, set the choke, keep it in third, and with the clutch pulled, either start coasting downhill or have someone push you. When you are going as fast as you can, turn on the ignition, let out the clutch. It might help if you stood up for a second right after you turn on the ignition, and sat down on the bike hard right when you let out the clutch, to give the rear tire a momentary increase in traction.This has worked for me a couple of times on a Honda FT500 and a KLR650. Not my bikes, but I the owners were really hot and sweaty and exhausted trying to get the machines started.
If the trans is not in neutral, or if the clutch is out, does the starter button do anything on a Savage? I'm wondering if hitting the start button when you let out the clutch would do anything to operate the decompression solenoid. I'd go out and try it on my bike, but it is a disassembled lump awaiting more RYCA parts.
If your clutch is dragging at all, call AAA. The aforementioned technique will fail.
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