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Old 6 Feb 2008
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Just a thought
On a recent Morocco trip after camping overnight in the desert, my mates TT600R refused to start properly ( fired up reluctantly then died whilst trying to take choke off). His one normally starts fine (mine is another story). After about 20 mins I took over to give his leg a rest, we got the occasional cough and burble but no fire up. I tried in desperation giving it a tickle of throttle and no choke ( normally results in leg crunching backfire). It then fired a bit.
On further questioning I asked if he had fiddled with anything, turns out he adjusted the tickover down a gnats cock the night before when the bike was hot.
As you probably know these bikes vary a great deal in idle speed, ride-ability etc. between cold and hot. I suspect your mechanic may have tweaked the idle speed a bit. Worth a try.
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On a recent Morocco trip after camping overnight in the desert, my mates TT600R refused to start properly ( fired up reluctantly then died whilst trying to take choke off). His one normally starts fine (mine is another story). After about 20 mins I took over to give his leg a rest, we got the occasional cough and burble but no fire up. I tried in desperation giving it a tickle of throttle and no choke ( normally results in leg crunching backfire). It then fired a bit.
On further questioning I asked if he had fiddled with anything, turns out he adjusted the tickover down a gnats cock the night before when the bike was hot.
As you probably know these bikes vary a great deal in idle speed, ride-ability etc. between cold and hot. I suspect your mechanic may have tweaked the idle speed a bit. Worth a try.
yessss. Leigh: thank you so much!

i've put the idle a tiny bit higher, and today (in a cold day) the bike started at the first touch of the button

well, I have learned something new today. it's amazing how important is getting to know well your bike.

still don't understand why it died on me like that, in the fog, in france, but hopefully now, after cleaning all the connectors under the tank, new cap and plug, it will be sorted... will let you know after the first heavy rain ride.
(and surely I will put loads of WD40 next time!)

thank you all guys for the precious advice.

Diego


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Leigh, your trips on your TTR / TTRE always sound fantastic... do you have any diary, photos, web-blogs, etc. to share with us?
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Talking poor starter
Hi, i have a tt600re 05 750 miles on it.
Just recently it started to act up, poor starting and a miss fire at high revs.
The problem is the ht lead where it meets the coil works loose, and gives a intermittent spark.
I know two other that did the same.
Here's the fix, screw the lead back on tight and wrap self amalgamating tape around the lead and coil where they meet, also do the same at the cap end. job done never looked back.
Another top tip is change the standard plug, to a NKG iridium one (about £9) which runs a bit hotter which will cure the poor starting. Always turn the fuel off just before you stop if you plan to leave it, so that there isn't fuel lying in the carb. The heat of the engine vaporizes the fuel causing poor starting. You will be cured of all the starting and running problems.
Hope this helps.
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