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I have a PC-V on my bike. The map seems to be good as I get no decel pop or anything like that, but my bike very rarely starts on the first try. I have tried waiting til the light goes out, not waiting, nothing seems to matter. Any ideas what may be causeing this?
 
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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 06:34 PM
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I struggled with this also when I installed my PC-V. I found it best when I hit the run switch to instantly push the start switch. My bike starts right up on the first attempt every time.
 
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Jamie uel Moto told me to hit the starter button as soon as i turn the key.
 
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Jamie uel Moto told me to hit the starter button as soon as i turn the key.
And did he tell you why?
 
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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 07:47 PM
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Jamie never said why, but he told me the same thing. I verified this with powercommander as well. The tech guy at dynojet told me there is a feature in the PC-V that allows for this.....
 
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Had the same problem I used to wait for the pump to shut off but it would never start if I did that. So now I hit the button as soon as I turn the switch on and it fires right up!!!
 
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word..same thing here turn the switch to run and hit start right away starts right up.......wait and takes a cycle...why who cares just start it and ride.....i know alot of people w/o a pc that wait for that dummy light to go out..lol...why...just ride
 
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And did he tell you why?
Damn it Jim, I'm just a country Doctor.
 
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This wasn't a debate on wether to wait for the light or not. In my original post, I said I have done it both ways, and I still get a hard start....
 
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Originally Posted by brettnbama
I have a PC-V on my bike. The map seems to be good as I get no decel pop or anything like that, but my bike very rarely starts on the first try. I have tried waiting til the light goes out, not waiting, nothing seems to matter. Any ideas what may be causeing this?
Usually if you bike takes a while to "catch" it's usually running rich. (granted all of the fuel system components are working correctly). I had the same problem....what i ended up doing is leaning out my "startup fuel". It's located in one of the drop down tabs in the PCV software. I had my bike tuned in march (still cold) so it was kind of rich at start up. I leaned my out by about 8% and now I don't have that problem anymore. You should try it
 
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