How long does it take to start....

Willtill

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....your Rocket after it has been sitting for a couple of days? My battery is strong and new; the engine turns over energetically (seems to want to turn over almost 10 times; I estimate) before she even wants to fire.

Again, this is when it has been sitting for a couple of days.

Though this is fuel injected, would it help flipping the throttle a little when turning it over?


Kindest Regards,

-Will
 
Mitch has discovered (and others have confirmed) that if you keep cranking it will take a long time to start.

If you let it turn over 3 times, stop, then again, it should start.

No throttle flipping no nothing, 3 times, 3 times, 3 times over and over until it starts. Continual cranking will do nothing but drain your battery or burn out your starter.
 
+1 hands off the throttle when starting!
 
In Nuetral

And make sure you have it in neutral. Even with the clutch lever pulled there is still drag on the engine when in gear. Several short bursts will get you started much quicker than one long one. Been there, done that.
 
+10 on the short start bursts.

Saves the battery and mostly the starter.

I accidentally had the throttle open a little when I started it one time . . . when I came to the next stop light it was idling between 1500-2000RPM. The computer though that was the zero position as I must 've had a slight amount of twist going on when I hit the button. All I had to do was shut it down and restart and it went straight back to the normal idle. So no touchy the throttle on start up. 8)
 
The TPS assumes the throttle position at start is idle. You twist the grip and you have no top end because you have no throttle up there plus the added bonus of idling at bust your ear drums RPM. I twist the throttle AWAY from me at start to ensure the idle isn't dorked with.
 
VERY good advice from you all. I will execute short bursts on the throttle button.

I know that engaging a starter for a long time is bad, but didn't think 10 revolutions was that long. At any rate, it'll be 3 revolution bursts from now on, and NO throttle.


Kindest Regards.

-Will
 
This is all I can find in the manual about it:
Do not operate the starter
continuously for more than 5
seconds as the starter motor will
overheat and the battery will
become discharged. Wait 15
seconds between each operation
of the starter to allow for cooling
and recovery of battery power.
 
Just as a side comment; would it be possible to "bump start" this monster if you coasted down a slight hill? If you had no other choice?

Kindest Regards,

-Will