How to push start bike
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Back in the 70's I had a 900 sportster. It was in 1st gear and I pulled the clutch in. While I was running along side of it to jump start it, I fell.
When I fell, my left hand slipped of the clutch and my right hand turned the throttle wide open! I hung on as the bike dragged me down the road for about 20 feet before I lost my grip and the bike wobbled and fell over off.
I'll never forget that!
When I fell, my left hand slipped of the clutch and my right hand turned the throttle wide open! I hung on as the bike dragged me down the road for about 20 feet before I lost my grip and the bike wobbled and fell over off.
I'll never forget that!
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Back in the 70's I had a 900 sportster. It was in 1st gear and I pulled the clutch in. While I was running along side of it to jump start it, I fell.
When I fell, my left hand slipped of the clutch and my right hand turned the throttle wide open! I hung on as the bike dragged me down the road for about 20 feet before I lost my grip and the bike wobbled and fell over off.
I'll never forget that!
When I fell, my left hand slipped of the clutch and my right hand turned the throttle wide open! I hung on as the bike dragged me down the road for about 20 feet before I lost my grip and the bike wobbled and fell over off.
I'll never forget that!
Did you get any pics? LOL
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Often, you'll have enough initial juice in the battery to pressurize the system, and then provide some spark. After that, the alternator can provide some juice to keep you running.
If your battery is flat dead, you're going nowhere on a FI bike unless you get a jump start.
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uh, bigg.... Fi cars have a pressurized system, because they have a pump. If you have fuel injection, you have a pump.
Often, you'll have enough initial juice in the battery to pressurize the system, and then provide some spark. After that, the alternator can provide some juice to keep you running.
If your battery is flat dead, you're going nowhere on a fi bike unless you get a jump start.
Often, you'll have enough initial juice in the battery to pressurize the system, and then provide some spark. After that, the alternator can provide some juice to keep you running.
If your battery is flat dead, you're going nowhere on a fi bike unless you get a jump start.
correct!
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If you're ever in a situation where you have to push start, and it's related to the charging system, you should know where the fuse for the headlight is so you can remove it. My regulator went on my bike, when I went to start it there wasn't enough voltage left to spin the starter so I push started it...removed the headlight fuse and it carried me nearly 50 miles home no problem; leave the headlight on and you may not get far. Carb bike; ignition still requires good voltage. Also note (if you're using a voltmeter) that 12 volts is a nearly dead battery; should be 13+.
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Well,
Kinda reminds me of a scene one night at bike night in the parking lot.....guy tried to start his bike and it would just grunt a couple of times so he turned it back off......
there were so many people standing around that they just decided to push it and jump start it to save the trouble of rounding up a set of jumper cables........
they pushed it back and forth and back and forth and substituted worn out pushers for fresh ones a few times until somebody realized he had never turned the ignition back on when they started pushing........
once he turned it on, it fired right up.....and he just kept going right on out of the parking lot......never seen the guy back again yet....I guess he owes too many beers..........
Kinda reminds me of a scene one night at bike night in the parking lot.....guy tried to start his bike and it would just grunt a couple of times so he turned it back off......
there were so many people standing around that they just decided to push it and jump start it to save the trouble of rounding up a set of jumper cables........
they pushed it back and forth and back and forth and substituted worn out pushers for fresh ones a few times until somebody realized he had never turned the ignition back on when they started pushing........
once he turned it on, it fired right up.....and he just kept going right on out of the parking lot......never seen the guy back again yet....I guess he owes too many beers..........