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mrlmd1 · 07-01-2009, 05:57 PM

PRIME is it's own position, there's also ON, and RESERVE.
What ER was trying to say is that if the bike sat for an extended period, there may be no fuel in the carb for the bike to start. If you put it on PRIME for a few minutes, the carb bowl will fill as that position bypasses the valve operated by the engine vacuum when it's running to open up the fuel flow. Put it back on the RUN position after a minute or two and then start the bike, or you'll wet the garage floor with gas constantly dripping out the carb. Don't leave it on PRIME.
And charge up the battery fully before going out again, you don't want it to die away from the house if you stop somewhere.
An owners manual is a wonderful thing. If you don't have one, download it from here and read it, you'll be amazed at what you'll learn, or what you forgot in 8 months. And then go back and retake the MSF course, you won't flunk out again this time, and they should let you retake it as you paid for it already. You wont regret it.

07-01-2009, 05:57 PM	#7
mrlmd1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Crawfordville, Florida Posts: 2,853	Re: Starting All Over Again PRIME is it's own position, there's also ON, and RESERVE. What ER was trying to say is that if the bike sat for an extended period, there may be no fuel in the carb for the bike to start. If you put it on PRIME for a few minutes, the carb bowl will fill as that position bypasses the valve operated by the engine vacuum when it's running to open up the fuel flow. Put it back on the RUN position after a minute or two and then start the bike, or you'll wet the garage floor with gas constantly dripping out the carb. Don't leave it on PRIME. And charge up the battery fully before going out again, you don't want it to die away from the house if you stop somewhere. An owners manual is a wonderful thing. If you don't have one, download it from here and read it, you'll be amazed at what you'll learn, or what you forgot in 8 months. And then go back and retake the MSF course, you won't flunk out again this time, and they should let you retake it as you paid for it already. You wont regret it.
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