I had a little newbie trouble this morning.
I left the house and it was about 40 degrees outside. I only went about 2 miles on the 2010 SG and stopped to vote.
Voting took only about 5 minutes.
I then jumped back on the bike to take off. Not sure exactly what I did, but she did not start the first time (possibly a small backfire?). I may have simply come off the starter to quickly. Upon trying again, she did not want to fire up. I thought I smelt gas, and guessed I flooded the engine. I was concerned about further cranking against the battery on a cold morning, so I decided to just wait 10 minutes and try again.
She started up fine after the 10 minutes and I started on my way again. A few hundred yards later, she stalled as I was coming to a red light with the clutch in. The light turned green and still in third, I poped the clutch and she started back up and away I went. For the next little bit, I just made sure I stayed on the throttle a little when the clutch was in.
Anyway, aside from possibly coming off the starter too quick as I mentioned, I'm looking for advise to avoid such difficulties in the future as this is my primary commuting vehicle.
I don't usually sit and warm up the engine after initial starting. Should I? If this is not really required, what about on colder days?
Was it bad of me to have shut off the bike on a cold morning after only about 2 miles of riding?
Do my symptoms sound like flooding? How can I avoid this?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts and advise.
Bob
I left the house and it was about 40 degrees outside. I only went about 2 miles on the 2010 SG and stopped to vote.
Voting took only about 5 minutes.
I then jumped back on the bike to take off. Not sure exactly what I did, but she did not start the first time (possibly a small backfire?). I may have simply come off the starter to quickly. Upon trying again, she did not want to fire up. I thought I smelt gas, and guessed I flooded the engine. I was concerned about further cranking against the battery on a cold morning, so I decided to just wait 10 minutes and try again.
She started up fine after the 10 minutes and I started on my way again. A few hundred yards later, she stalled as I was coming to a red light with the clutch in. The light turned green and still in third, I poped the clutch and she started back up and away I went. For the next little bit, I just made sure I stayed on the throttle a little when the clutch was in.
Anyway, aside from possibly coming off the starter too quick as I mentioned, I'm looking for advise to avoid such difficulties in the future as this is my primary commuting vehicle.
I don't usually sit and warm up the engine after initial starting. Should I? If this is not really required, what about on colder days?
Was it bad of me to have shut off the bike on a cold morning after only about 2 miles of riding?
Do my symptoms sound like flooding? How can I avoid this?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts and advise.
Bob