Re: Very hard starting today
I do not normally use any throttle while starting the bike. I have never had a bike that needed that; even my older carb'd bikes didn't need it - that's what we have choke for. I have observed other people doing it, and mostly I notice that it seems to make bikes start worse, not better, but I hold my peace because no one wants some chick to tell them they're doing it wrong.
My starting problem occurred when no one but me had been starting the bike, so no, I do not think it was accidentally given throttle while starting. I did use the throttle in my troubleshooting after the starting trouble began, when I read the post from dcstrom where he said it had helped him. It felt awkward to do; not something I'd have done accidentally.
It seemed to me that the bike came close to catching several times, and each time it was when I let it rest for a little while, then cranked the starter with the throttle closed for a few seconds, and only then rolled WOT. It almost caught, three or four times, that way, before finally it did catch. I let it run until it was fully warmed up before shutting it down, and I've had no trouble since.
I don't think the premature fueling evaporates very quickly if at all. I let it sit for a full week without messing with it, and it didn't clear. If the tank hadn't been full, I'd have lifted it so I could pull the plugs and dry them, but it was full, and therefore heavy, so I was reluctant to do that. I was glad I was able to start it without doing that.
I didn't try ether either.
