jamesloper
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- Sep 21, 2010
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Making this bike has been AWESOME. It's just getting broken in (got 30 miles on it so far) but one problem:
When I haven't ridden it in a few hours, I'll start pedaling, release the clutch, then for about 1-2 mins I have to pedal like theres no tomorrow. While the clutch is released and I'm pedaling, I hear the engine doing *something*...The pitch of whatever puttering sound its making changes as I change the position of the throttle but the engine doesn't actually propel me at all. It just makes noise. Now eventually it will start lunging forward for what seems like 1 revolution of the engine. Little blasts of power. And the frequency of the lunges will increase over the next 15 or so seconds until the engine is all warmed up and BAM high power awesomeness. From then on out, its AWESOME but I want to know how I can make it start up/warm up faster so I don't have to exhaust myself pedaling like crazy in the beginning.
TL;DR: I have to pedal for 1-2 mins before the motor kicks in.
Thanks MBc!
When I haven't ridden it in a few hours, I'll start pedaling, release the clutch, then for about 1-2 mins I have to pedal like theres no tomorrow. While the clutch is released and I'm pedaling, I hear the engine doing *something*...The pitch of whatever puttering sound its making changes as I change the position of the throttle but the engine doesn't actually propel me at all. It just makes noise. Now eventually it will start lunging forward for what seems like 1 revolution of the engine. Little blasts of power. And the frequency of the lunges will increase over the next 15 or so seconds until the engine is all warmed up and BAM high power awesomeness. From then on out, its AWESOME but I want to know how I can make it start up/warm up faster so I don't have to exhaust myself pedaling like crazy in the beginning.
TL;DR: I have to pedal for 1-2 mins before the motor kicks in.
Thanks MBc!