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| Pro Mototips Member | how do you flood it when its running? if mine stalls and you kick it about a 1/4 way its starts right back up
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| Super Moderator | stall it out going up a hill and such. the bikes are finicky to start hot, at least the older ones are.
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| Administrator | Huh, I have never heard of this before.
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| Pro Mototips Member | ya mine is super easy to start... or at least was until i replaced the rings
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| Super Moderator | waiting wont fix a flooded engine, he would have to clear it out.
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| Super Moderator | chances are he has not done this and it is just as easy to clear it out. Pull in the hotstart, hold the kill switch down, and kick the starter through at a decent pace that wont wear you out about 20-30 times.
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