Push starting.
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Push starting.
If you have a later model EFI bike you can, with help "push start your bike but put the bike in "NEUTRAL" when your friend(s) are pushing you and when you are at the highest speed that your friends can push you, pull in the clutch lever, put the bike in SECOND GEAR" then release the clutch lever.
"Towing" a bike (trust me on this) is not safe for many reasons and IF your battery is fully charged your bike can e started with a push.
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"Towing" a bike (trust me on this) is not safe for many reasons and IF your battery is fully charged your bike can e started with a push.
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I stopped to help a guy push start his when the starter clutch failed. He had battery, but the starter wouldn't engage. Him and his buddy actually pushed me on his bike because he wasn't sure how to do it. I had his security fob in my shirt pocket (we found out that was an important part of it).
He was pretty happy when it fired up.
He was pretty happy when it fired up.
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If you're gonna have to push it uphill into the trailer, might as well try to push-start it first.
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The last time I push started a bike it was my points ironhead. My girlfriend did the pushing. Surprisingly, it doesn't take much to get one started. Good thing for her, ha ha.
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