Theres actually A FEW tecniques , according to conditions , time of day. location, etc .
FIRST , ENGAGE THE KICK START . Then leap skyward .
if you KICK it into engagement , likely itll chip / wear / break the pawl / pin / cog . due to SHOCK LOADING .
Whereas pre-engaged ( sounds familiar - The Solinoid modern starter ' pre engage ' avoids the howling & whineing of old )
The effort can be better directed ! . Clutch freed , pistons pre positioned - maybe just before T D C for greates momenum through to compression .
If its souped up .
From Cold , in the snow , frost , winter etc , Fully Flood Carbs - via tickler - till the fuel is evident .
Ignition OFF , push / swing / turn over , say 4 compressions - to lube bores & prime cylinders ! .
Then as above , Switch ON before the leap skyward .
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Coming in of the highway on a warm day & stopping for five minutes is the tricky one .
Fuel off parked & itll of boiled / evaporated . Fuel on parked And it mayve stuck a needle & drowned !
Which is why parked near uprights safer. From that aspect anyway .
Say if We've , had the taps off . a ' 1/4 ' tickle or 1/3 is about right .
Say its a count of 6 from dry to tickler wet , a count of two ( each ) has to have got fuel in .
Maybe push a cylinder through for luck , and Ign ON , swing it over .
If it catches on the SECOND compression , its telling you something .
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The Tooned Bonnevil , in these conditions , no preliminary swing , fired on the THIRD compresion ,
as Id swung back into the saddle, with the arm likewise opening the monoblocks WIDE .
the mind already on how many efforts id need .
With the old lady from the village dead aft . Megas , and plate glass store front behind .
The store front shook . Not sure the old lady was ever saw again .
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Dittoish , but it sat for ten or more minutes , so the initial heat ' bloom ' upward has disapated
and the engines about uniform heat , cooler than when run hard .
Likely a touch 1 or 3 on the ticklers , maybe 1 left 3 right to broaden the bet , Ign. on and
swing her over without further preliminarys is about right .
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Say from re ringing , youd ' plugs out ' swing it through a dozen or two times to even out the oil .
Generous with the prime as per the oil . But not mega flooded to wash bores .
Which is why overticklings avoided .
Particularly with no air filters , If the carbs are alight - W F O & kick like an olympian ,
to draw the flame inside . Or it can get as far as your feet & youll need to jump up & down .
Gauze velocity stacks are ' flame traps ' , but overflooded ( petrol OUTSIDE theyre not infallable.
As this pertains to pre ' fully assembled ' start ups, it bears mention .
The Olde POINTS IGNITION , the cover plate off , in the pitch black , will show you the wonders of its function. or otherwise .
Spark leaks from plug leads , caps, coils , HT & LT too .
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Most people retract the side stand before indulgeing in starting so as not to wrench it out by the roots .
Practise make perfect the leap & balance . If its High Comp. Or well sealed .
Leant slightly left itll go upright as you leap/swing . The Difficulties if your on gravel and your feet slip
so as it leans the throotle opens after youve engaged first and its moved forward so the clutch is engageing also .
So we usually switch on the brain and disalow abstractions & distractions . And check the path aheads clear before we pull in the clutch & put er in gear .
This can avoid shooting across a two laner and bringer her up after youve settled , on the lawn on the far side . Excluding concrete walls .
