Starting Oscar, My 2005 NE-5 with 100 miles :
HowDoo:
I always start Oscar cold with the choke fully applied, and with the right-hand pedal up at the 1 or 2 o'clock position as viewed from the right side of the machine.
A single firm thrust with my right leg starts him every time, but for a while after starting, the engine sounds like it's firing on the 4th revolution, instead of the normal 2nd, as though it had a miss.
As the engine warms and I gradually open up the choke, it will will pick up its normal cadence of putt-putt-putt-putt, instead of the initial "cold start miss" of putt......putt......putt......putt.
It takes a full minute of fast idle before I can release the throttle and allow Oscar to idle unattended, while I strap on my helmet and slip on my gloves.
Then I release the choke completely, push off the stand, and go Four-Stroking down the curve of Eyota Road!
Yep, today's short 4-mile ride was sweet! I was able to crest Wadena Hill at 26 MPH, where before I could make only 22-23 MPH! If I had the nerve, I'll bet I could make 35MPH if I scrunched down to minimize wind resistance, and tried it on a mile-long level stretch of road with no wind.
But 45 MPH? Naaahh...I doubt if it would make 38, even with my intake and exhaust restrictions removed and my valve timing advanced by one tooth, as it is now.
Cheers...
HAL
(here's the road in front of my house