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Originally Posted by FS
That doesnt mean my technique is perfect of course, but I dont think its my kicking.
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For this aspect, in my view, it is all about the "length" of the kick and not solely the amount of force applied.
I mean that when you are tired it is quite easy to not fully follow the action of your kick right to the end of the stroke of the kickstart - it is the latter which turns over the piston of course through the firing sequence of the 4 stroke cycle (hence TDC is essential).
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Originally Posted by FS
The only thing Im not doing from what you all said is turning off the fuel. It makes no sense to me that gasoline would be "old" after a week in the carburator. But I will try both turning the gas off and emptying the carb.
I will also try the closing of fuel and let it run dry.
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When stopping at the end of a days' riding my technique was to turn off the tap and let the bike idle until it died thereby clearing the carb completely of fuel; I still do this for my XT225 because of the issues about modern fuels.
For stopping "momentarily" I tended to run off a bit of fuel from the carb after closing the tap and then kill the engine - this was a kind of superstition I suppose, based on the above and a feeling that the heat of the air cooled engine could evaporate fuel from the carb very quickly, .....................perhaps, maybe?
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Dave
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