my bike starts easy....almost to easy

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Edited Date/Time 9/3/2014 7:15am
hey i just bought a 2010 yz250f about a week ago with about 20 hours on it. cold it starts on 2nd or 3rd kick every time ans 1st kick hot.. seems like everyone with a four stroke is struggling to start it when mine starts like a 2 stroke! is this normal for my bike
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TripleFive 9/1/2014 8:08am
9/1/2014 8:08am
Not normal at all. You should sell it immediately.
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Trav138 9/1/2014 8:09am
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Yes enjoy it while it lasts lol.
Excellant bike
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kripple428 9/1/2014 8:25am
9/1/2014 8:25am
My 09 kawi 450 has 70+ hours on the stock top end and it's been ridden fairly hard and it still starts 1st-2nd kick hot or cold some of us just get lucky lol
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bigmaico 9/1/2014 8:55am
9/1/2014 8:55am
I've got no problem starting my KTM 450 Fe, I just hop on & hit the button, Fire's right up every time!

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IWreckALot 9/1/2014 8:59am
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Ktm85 wrote:
hey i just bought a 2010 yz250f about a week ago with about 20 hours on it. cold it starts on 2nd or 3rd kick every...
hey i just bought a 2010 yz250f about a week ago with about 20 hours on it. cold it starts on 2nd or 3rd kick every time ans 1st kick hot.. seems like everyone with a four stroke is struggling to start it when mine starts like a 2 stroke! is this normal for my bike
I rarely have to kick my Yz250 more than once. . . Your bike sounds like a real piece.
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bish153 9/1/2014 10:37am
9/1/2014 10:37am
I don't get it?
Kyriazis298 9/1/2014 11:49am
9/1/2014 11:49am
What is the point of this thread?

If your bike is starting within 1-2 kicks then be happy, there is no issue with that. That's how they are supposed to be when everything is in spec.

Know if it had no compression that's an issue but if it has compression and starts right up your good to go!
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ATKpilot99 9/1/2014 1:09pm
9/1/2014 1:09pm
I would disassemble the entire engine to see what the problem is.
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Gringoe 9/1/2014 1:41pm
9/1/2014 1:41pm
ATKpilot99 wrote:
I would disassemble the entire engine to see what the problem is.
X2 sounds like the tranny or bottom end
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Olson 9/1/2014 1:41pm
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First kick, pfft, mine starts first push.
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defeatist45 9/1/2014 6:06pm
9/1/2014 6:06pm
clearly your fork seals are bad...
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McDuff 9/1/2014 6:11pm
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2 words - muffler bearings.
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4stroke4DWIN 9/1/2014 7:02pm
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Good shit in this thread, we need a like button stat!!!
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JM485 9/1/2014 9:11pm
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Probably just the piston return spring, makes it super easy to start and kick over. I would split the cases before you ride it next, just to make sure everything is alright.

Either that, or you got your two stroke and four stroke mixed up in the garage, it happens.Cool
swedishfishmx 9/1/2014 10:12pm
9/1/2014 10:12pm
My Honda always started first or second kick, even in gear.
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enketchum 9/1/2014 10:13pm
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ok
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FullThrottle 9/1/2014 10:15pm
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Try rotating the air in your tires. That should easily add 2-3 kicks to your cold start.

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ti473 9/2/2014 11:36am
9/2/2014 11:36am
Hold your killswitch while you kick, it'll fix the problem right up

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defeatist45 9/2/2014 12:31pm
9/2/2014 12:31pm
ti473 wrote:
Hold your killswitch while you kick, it'll fix the problem right up
this is a man that knows what he is talking aboutCool
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peelout 9/2/2014 12:41pm
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starts too easy?

it's a 4-stroke... so enjoy it while it lasts and be careful what you wish for
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Remove the gas cap immediately!!!
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Outsider 9/2/2014 1:05pm
9/2/2014 1:05pm
I started dating a chick that gives me a BJ every morning when I wake up, makes breakfast, packs my lunch, and then leaves with my laundry which she does, and brings back folded when she makes dinner for me topless in the evening... I think I should dump her?
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Suns_PSD 9/2/2014 2:01pm
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4 strokes always start and run their best, right before they blow up.
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peelout 9/2/2014 3:40pm
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Suns_PSD wrote:
4 strokes always start and run their best, right before they blow up.
LOL

beer came out of my nose on that one
GeorgiePorgie 9/2/2014 5:41pm
9/2/2014 5:41pm
TripleFive wrote:
Not normal at all. You should sell it immediately.
Yeah I got $1300 and a white van to come take that piece off your hands....
EZZA 95B 9/2/2014 5:59pm
9/2/2014 5:59pm
I can't believe nobody mentioned the Fetzer valve!!! That's what I'd look at before anything else...
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Motodave15 9/2/2014 6:03pm
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Outsider wrote:
I started dating a chick that gives me a BJ every morning when I wake up, makes breakfast, packs my lunch, and then leaves with my...
I started dating a chick that gives me a BJ every morning when I wake up, makes breakfast, packs my lunch, and then leaves with my laundry which she does, and brings back folded when she makes dinner for me topless in the evening... I think I should dump her?
Throw her my way bro....I'll still let you ride after the second kick Whistling Evil Blush Woohoo
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Mickolobe7 9/2/2014 6:04pm
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ti473 wrote:
Hold your killswitch while you kick, it'll fix the problem right up
I tell all my friends that all the time and they said it helps every time!
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quicken 9/2/2014 8:12pm
9/2/2014 8:12pm Edited Date/Time 9/2/2014 8:14pm
Mine always start on the last kick........
thrillbillie91 9/3/2014 5:59am
9/3/2014 5:59am
mxa would suggest going up one tooth on rear sprocket to fix that Smile

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