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Old 07-01-2010, 12:23 AM   #11
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Re: Charging a battery

Forgot to mention that I also tried:
4. choke full, choke medium, no choke



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Old 07-01-2010, 01:08 AM   #12
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Re: Charging a battery

Sounds to me like it is flooded,Leave it on the charger till morning than try to start.If It still wont start you may need to take spark plug out and dry it off or install a new one.
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Old 07-01-2010, 02:15 AM   #13
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Will do. Thanks Blaine. Love the rock on smiley btw.



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Old 07-01-2010, 02:17 AM   #14
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Oh sorry, one more thing. If it is flooded, what choke, prime, throttle combination should I try for my first attempt at starting it?
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Old 07-01-2010, 02:42 AM   #15
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Oh sorry, one more thing. If it is flooded, what choke, prime, throttle combination should I try for my first attempt at starting it?
I would think the normal starting procedure would work.



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Old 07-01-2010, 11:16 AM   #16
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I would think the normal starting procedure would work.
Which is: 1/2 to 3/4 choke and do NOT touch the throttle until it actually fires.
Since you "primed" it yesterday, no need to repeat that.
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Old 07-01-2010, 06:34 PM   #17
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She's back up and running. Thank you all so much for your help!! The silver lining on this mechanical trouble is that now I know how to charge and tend a battery, and replace a spark plug if needed (wasn't needed in this case but I took it out and checked it out just in case). Gogo gz250's!
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Excellent.Good luck.Ride safe.


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Old 07-01-2010, 07:43 PM   #19
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The silver lining on this mechanical trouble is that now I know how to charge and tend a battery, ........
What exactly did you do (the spark plug we already know about) ??

What's your plan of attack for the future ??
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Old 07-01-2010, 08:16 PM   #20
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Re: Charging a battery

I fully charged the battery again (had to remove it since I don't have an outlet in my apartment garage) and took out the spark plug to see if it was wet/fouled. Did a spark test (as per your directions on another post) as well. This morning it started with no prime, no throttle, and full choke. I tried to back off the choke, but the bike stalled when I did that. I had to keep the choke on pretty high for a while (I read that that's bad, but it was either that or stall). I started riding it around in 1st gear while reducing the choke as it warmed up.

I think the primary issue was a depleted battery and a flooded engine due to my repeated attempts to prime and start .

Plan of attack: Purchased Battery Tender and will use during extended storage. Using gumout for the next few tanks of gas. Going to learn about lubrication methods next.
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