Brand new 2022 RMZ 250 very hard starting.

Subotai
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Not sure what the issue is. Takes forever to start after a stall once the bike is warm. I’ve kicked for 2-3 minutes straight on several different occasions.  Bike literally has 2 hours on it.

Mapping issue? Also flames out when first started cold if I blip the throttle slightly.

Any ideas? Thanks all. 

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Factor E
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2/5/2023 10:05am

Valves or TPS

Coughlin639
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2/5/2023 12:11pm

Have you tried using your power tuner and making any adjustments?

Subotai
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2/5/2023 8:36pm

Hard to believe it’s valves with only 2 hrs but anything is possible. If it’s the tps, how do I adjust that? 
 

I have not tried the tuner but I did swap to the rich coupler. Didn't seem to help much.  

Chippy
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2/6/2023 8:06am

My new ktm did this with 0 hrs. I raised the idle and then it never happened again. 

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seth505
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2/6/2023 8:38am
Subotai wrote:
Hard to believe it’s valves with only 2 hrs but anything is possible. If it’s the tps, how do I adjust that?    I have not...

Hard to believe it’s valves with only 2 hrs but anything is possible. If it’s the tps, how do I adjust that? 
 

I have not tried the tuner but I did swap to the rich coupler. Didn't seem to help much.  

Run the bike with the tuner attached and check idle speed in the parameters.  Like mentioned, if too low it won’t start easily.  

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btroxler
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2/6/2023 10:09am

Adjust idle and make sure you are choking correctly. As reference the new 23 YZ250F's you push the choke in to choke.

2/6/2023 3:36pm

Similar issue with my RMZ450 at less than 10 hours. Ended up getting some bad gas/dirty fuel. New in tank filter and pulled out the injector and cleaned it with a 9v battery set up, made a huge difference/solved the issue. I was having some real issues starting when hot (same as you describe), and it just wasn't running right.

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