New 07 T100 Hard Starting
Just took delivery of a new leftover T100. My first new bike in 35 years. The salesman had a hard time getting it started. Once warm it ran great. Yesterday I went out for the it's second ride and it took me 5 min to get it started. I followed all of the instructions from this site, full choke, no throttle, still took a dozen hits of the button to get it to run. It would run for a few seconds then die. I have read most of the posts because this seems to be an issue with a lot of riders. I don't want to start messing around with settings since there are only 50 miles on the bike. I have always ridden classic stuff and worked as a wrench in the 70's at a Norton dealer. Flood the Amals 1 or 2 kicks and you were running. I am going to call the dealer on Tuesday and would like to talk intelligently about this issue. Lets just say I am bummed out with this. I had a 450 Honda with CV carbs and hated them. I live in New England and cold riding is a reality. Is it too much to expect that the bike should start with a hit or 2 of the starter and "fast idle" when cold with the enricher on? Being a long term classic British guy, I was going to by a SV650 but I just couldn't.
On a positive note, FANTASTIC ride, took me back to 1970 and my TR6R.
Thanks
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