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Ericthejet · 10-03-2008

Advice on starting the bike when cold,

Get you bike pointed in the right direction. Put all your gear on except helmet and gloves.
Apply full choke, start bike.

Once started, tap it back a bit so the idle settles down as it doesn't need to be on full choke. (At this point with my bike it idles at about 1500rpm) At first it might be a bit rough, not sound smooth etc, this is normal as the choke makes the bike act a bit strange and you can expect the rpm's to be a bit jumpy.

Put on your helmet, and gloves and get on the bike.
Tap the choke back a bit more, find 1st gear and ride off. 250 yards later once you are rolling along turn the choke off.

This is what I do to get my 84 Ninja 900 going. From fist start to rolling up the road is maybe 1 minute at most.

10-03-2008	#4 (permalink)
Ericthejet Forensic Bug Splatter Analyst BTK Expert Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The northeast! Posts: 1,712	Advice on starting the bike when cold, Get you bike pointed in the right direction. Put all your gear on except helmet and gloves. Apply full choke, start bike. Once started, tap it back a bit so the idle settles down as it doesn't need to be on full choke. (At this point with my bike it idles at about 1500rpm) At first it might be a bit rough, not sound smooth etc, this is normal as the choke makes the bike act a bit strange and you can expect the rpm's to be a bit jumpy. Put on your helmet, and gloves and get on the bike. Tap the choke back a bit more, find 1st gear and ride off. 250 yards later once you are rolling along turn the choke off. This is what I do to get my 84 Ninja 900 going. From fist start to rolling up the road is maybe 1 minute at most. __________________ 1984 Ninja 900 (A1) To make it go faster I need to add more lightness!