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i just spent an hour anda half tryna start my px

fiddled with the mixture screw

changed the plug incase it was fouled up

checked the spark


and for fat snakes i'd turned off the fuel tap, bloody hell, no wonder


at least its a theft deterent and an idiot deterent for idiots like me
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Did you try open the throttle all the way and kicking it a few times?
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yep i tried that too. incase it was flooded

i tried everything. was just about to try different jets
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That's funny. Do you not usually turn off your fuel tap? You always should, in my opinion, lest you get a flooding while parked issue down the road. Besides, then you get in the habit of turning it back on every time you try to start too!
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the bonehead move i do every so often is forgetting to push the choke back in after i start my bike.
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