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Motorcycle Discussions => British Bikes => Topic started by: chained on November 17, 2006, 04:32:31 AM

Title: bad starting
Post by: chained on November 17, 2006, 04:32:31 AM

hi i have recently buit a goldstar dbd34 my proplem is it is a real bitch to start when it does start it run fine get it nice and hot switch it off it will not start ,had mag rebuilt the same,got a new mr ii concentric carb still the same ???

Title: Re: bad starting
Post by: guinnless on December 07, 2006, 06:43:59 AM

I once had an early gpz that was a real bu**er to start but once running was the fastest around and all the problom was the tappets needed adjusting - it took a year to discover this but once the were done it started easier but was slower!