Hi everyone ! I joined the forum because i'm having trouble starting my bike and i was hoping you guys could help me out I have a '86 suzuki dr 600 that was sitting in a garage for the last 5 years .. it belonged to my father , i know it worked 5 years ago , but it was always a pain in the ass to start it .. I got it started 2 times (different days) and after A LOT of kicks. (probably just lucky..) it runs pretty good , i do think it maybe needs some fine tuning because it got pretty hot and it was only running for 2 min (but it was standing still , so maybe its normal .. i don't know) This is what i do : i pull my (manual) decompression lever and hold it , i kick it a few times, just to clean it a bit inside. now.. if i pull my decompression lever en gently push my kickstarter down a few times , my decompression handle pops back .. i'm not sure but i think this is point where i need to bring my kickstart back up and kick it as hard as i can .. but it allways kicks back on my foot .. yes it hurts .. now someone told me to search for the point on my kick start where it is really hard to push it down , then pull my decompression lever and push it just a little bit further , so you are at the dead center point.. but this also gives me a nice kick back .. I found a manual and in it , i found out that the lever on the steer of the bike is a manual decompression and on the engine an automatic decompression , can someone maybe explain why this is ? I'm hoping someone can help me and give me some tips .. Thanks ! some pics :
Nice looking bike! Big bore thumpers are a bit of a pain to start, you should find Top Dead Center (the point that was given to you) let go of the decompression release, and kick it. also, on a unrelated note, after sitting for 5 years it could probably benefit from a little bit of carb cleaning. Welcome to the forums!
