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Old 11-27-2004, 10:17 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default trouble starting

suzuki 250 marauder(2000): sometimes it doesn't start right away but it eventually does after 2-3 tries. really just a hassle but has been doing this for some time now and seems to be getting worse. mostly on the first start of the day but i have experienced this when i have ridden for half an hour and stopped. other than that the only other thing that i have noticed is that it sometimes has smokey exhaust on the first start. i am the second owner and only had it since june of this year -- bought it with 3400 km and have put on 3200. any thoughts?