keith pearson wrote on 11/20/13 at 05:20:01:I have used a normal cable - probably a bicycle brake cable. I then used a normal sort of brake/clutch lever. But it seems to crank without using the lever at all. There is no special way, just pull and press start, in the old days, all thumpers had them. You just pulled the lever and tried to kick it before it kicked you back.
I have also used a throttle cable kit and Honda Hot Start lever, and the lever has proven not to be long enough for me to get enough leverage to push the valves open if they are closed when I pull the lever. I need to find a longer lever and get it mounted....I am going to try and find a bicycle brake lever that will work.
About 99 times it starts wiithout issue......every once in a while the piston is on the compression stroke when I hit the starter button and the starter cannot push my Wiseco piston up.....and the starter stalls and stops moving. I immediately let off the starter button and the piston goes back down.....and then when I hit the button again it has moved down far enough that it can get some momentum built up to overcome the compression and it works the second time. I know this is putting a bit of a strain on the starter motor.
I have to take into consideration that I don't ride when the weather gets below 50 degrees - so anyone that rides in really cold weather and starts the bike when the oil is thick and the battery is weak.....probably needs to be using the decompression feature. I can't help but believe that Suzuki would not have put this system on if it was not needed....it is a complex system and they could save a lot of money if they left it off.