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I have a series 3 200 SIL 22mm carb and standard exhaust. The old girl always starts 3rd kick when cold, no problem. Why does everyone else's start first kick or so they say.
Colin

or so they say ???
I think lots of us would be happy with a consistent start on 3rd kick from cold

I'd be very happy with 3rd kick starting from cold.

A scooter that is reluctant to start is simply demanding attention, like a special child. Let it have a bit of attention, before tearing a branch from a tree and beating in a Basil Fawlty style.

Wish mine started 3 kick.
Mine starts 3rd or 4rth cold then it depends on which mood it's in when hot
Could be 1 but usually 10 after I have turned the petrol off.

Number of kicks to start depends on whose watching. MOT today at the local Harley Davidson dealership. Scooter starts first kick at home but after the MOT when everyone at the tea van at the garage is watching it was about ten but felt like hundreds

Tony

Tony Hart wrote:Number of kicks to start depends on whose watching. MOT today at the local Harley Davidson dealership. Scooter starts first kick at home but after the MOT when everyone at the tea van at the garage is watching it was about ten but felt like hundreds

Tony

with electronic ignition they start a lot better now than they did in the olden days , most of us didn't even bother trying to kick them over then , bump start was much quicker , or was That just me ?

My first lambretta didn't have a kickstart as the chaincase was cracked around the shaft!

Yes, its always got me that "It starts first kick." In my case, if I left one of them for a couple of weeks it would be several kicks before it fired up, but once up and running on a trip out, it would be 2-3 kicks to re-start. But using then regularly, it would still be around 5-6 kicks. I put all this down to waiting for the fuel bit to sort itself out, plus a weak spark. (note all are electronic ignitions.)

However, in the last couple of months, on two of my Lambrettas, I have put new V3 BGM stators in, plus Ky-Tronik advance box. And honestly, they both fire about half way down the first kick, whether cold or hot. In addition, I have just put a new pick up box on a Vespa Malossi and that now starts first kick.

So my new theory is that its the strength of the spark, with the correct timing.

Tony Hart wrote:Number of kicks to start depends on whose watching. MOT today at the local Harley Davidson dealership. Scooter starts first kick at home but after the MOT when everyone at the tea van at the garage is watching it was about ten but felt like hundreds

Tony

Ha, this is so true, happened to me when I took mine for the MOT.

Mel K wrote:

Tony Hart wrote:Number of kicks to start depends on whose watching. MOT today at the local Harley Davidson dealership. Scooter starts first kick at home but after the MOT when everyone at the tea van at the garage is watching it was about ten but felt like hundreds

Tony

with electronic ignition they start a lot better now than they did in the olden days , most of us didn't even bother trying to kick them over then , bump start was much quicker , or was That just me ?

Agreed Mel but most of us were young enough and fit enough to bump start then but now it's too much like hard work.

Rich'