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From: 1949 Whizzer on 8 Oct 2009 12:12
On Oct 7, 2:08 pm, Sean_Q_ <no.s...(a)no.spam> wrote:

> Here's the problem, I tried to starting the bike at 9 in the morning.
> Temperature was around 5 degrees C (41F) and kick as I might, it just
> wouldn't fire up. I finally got it going by bump starting it downhill
> (we live near the summit of a small (100 meter) urban mountain).

> Any help appreciated,

It's pretty obvious that your Diaper doesn't suck air hard enough to
draw fuel out of the float bowl.

Owners of Brit bikes figured out the solution long ago.

Turn the idle SPEED screw down until the throttle slide closes
completely to
make the engine suck up the gasoline needed to start it.

This even helps on carbs that have ticklers on the float bowl.

On another note, I stopped at Big Bubba's Bad BBQ last night to see
what all the commercial fuss on local radio was about.

I talked to a loud mouthed Harley type who was installing a home
brewed side car on the *left side* of a Hinkley Triumph.

He insisted that it was a British bike, so the side car should go on
the left side.

He couldn't understand why that was likely to get him killed while
making a left turn in California.

He wasn't interested in meeting the local guru of sidehacks either...

From: tylernt on 8 Oct 2009 12:34
Does your Dnepr have ticklers and if so, are you tickling the carbs?

You might also kick it a couple times with the ignition off to prime
the engine.
From: J. Clarke on 8 Oct 2009 13:19
Rob Kleinschmidt wrote:
> On Oct 8, 2:13 am, "J. Clarke" <jclarke.use...(a)cox.net> wrote:
>
>> I don't know what the Russians did but bush pilots in Alaska and
>> Canada used to drain the oil immediately after landing and take it
>> some place warm, then warm it up on a stove before they put it back
>> when they're ready to leave. I'm told that with synthetic oil this
>> is no longer necessary.
>
> Switching to synthetic sounds like a really good idea.
> Not sure if there's any downside. I normally run Mobil 1
> 15-50 automotive from Walmart, which isn't all that expensive.
> In really cold weather, maybe a 40 wt multi-vis synthetic,
> possibly a diesel oil.

Only real downside to synthetics that I'm aware of other than cost is the
possibility that there's some weird seal material that doesn't work or play
well with them--that's unlikely but not impossible.

From: Vito on 8 Oct 2009 13:52
"1949 Whizzer" <macmiled(a)gmail.com> wrote
> He couldn't understand why that was likely to get him killed while
> making a left turn in California.

Passing as well as making turns 'cuz rider can't see whats coming until the
hack is in the oncoming lane. Real nice couple got killed in a RHD Peerless
that way in my youth.


From: Stephen Cowell on 8 Oct 2009 21:26

"J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote in message
news:hal7je01omq(a)news6.newsguy.com...
> Rob Kleinschmidt wrote:
>> On Oct 8, 2:13 am, "J. Clarke" <jclarke.use...(a)cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know what the Russians did but bush pilots in Alaska and
>>> Canada used to drain the oil immediately after landing and take it
>>> some place warm, then warm it up on a stove before they put it back
>>> when they're ready to leave. I'm told that with synthetic oil this
>>> is no longer necessary.
>>
>> Switching to synthetic sounds like a really good idea.
>> Not sure if there's any downside. I normally run Mobil 1
>> 15-50 automotive from Walmart, which isn't all that expensive.
>> In really cold weather, maybe a 40 wt multi-vis synthetic,
>> possibly a diesel oil.
>
> Only real downside to synthetics that I'm aware of other than cost is the
> possibility that there's some weird seal material that doesn't work or
> play
> well with them--that's unlikely but not impossible.

On a new piece of equipment, the rings won't seat right
with synthetic; most mfgrs will tell you to run the oil that
came in it for the first thousand or so. I've got a buddy
that *had* to have Mobil1 installed before he took delivery...
his bike puffs white smoke when he gets on it, still, after
three years.
__
Steve
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