Pull start + rain = bad day.

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Black_Moons

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Hi, Just had my bike start intermitantly dying in the rain today, Turns out I had a 1/4 cup of water under my magneto cover.. The pull start hole let it in.

I highly recommend anyone using a pull start in bad weather to try and either weatherproof the pull cord when its fully retracted, or drill a drain in the bottom of the pull start cover -_-;

PS: My pull start spool broke in 2 weeks and I can't even use it anymore. I think im going back to the stock starting method of dumping the clutch at speed.
 

killercanuck

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dang, that sux, your's is just another bad story to add to the heap about pull starts dying... But hey, there are centri clutches that can be bump started. d'oh, I forget where I saw that, it was definately a members bike, so sorry I forget who though.

Know what I mean guys? I'll keep looking... it is possible though. Its in my pile of bookmarks somewhere, but there's like 200 links in there now, lol.


edit- found the thread where I saw the 'spring' centri
http://motorbicycling.com/f3/centrifugal-clutch-22661-3.html
 
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