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| No Significant Other ![]() Joined: Oct 2007
Bike: 2008 ZZR600
Location: Under a rock in Texas
Posts: 2,394
| Just a random thought, but after the bike has been sitting overnight or longer, do you start it on the side stand, or do you start it in an upright position? What got me to thinking that was looking at the ZZR sight glass empty, as all the oil has moved to the left side of the engine. You start it, then how does the clutch side get any oil until you stand it upright? I usually stand it upright, start it, let it idle for a minute, then lean it back over to gear up. It might be a silly thing to do, but I think I can hear the clutch / bearings saying thank you for giving them a bath in oil. It may be moot, and there is probably enough residual oil to be OK, but I am kinda paranoid about things like that. I always do it for sure after a 4 month winter storage, when there might be very little oil left on anything.
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| U.B's LoveChild ![]() Joined: Oct 2006
Bike: 2007 Suzuki Boulevard S50
Location: Eugene, OR
Posts: 1,078
| I start mine upright with kickstand up. Not because I'd given it as much thought as you though!! More because I'm on the bike and it's stable incase it lurches forward (even though it's in neutral)
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| What makes you say that? ![]() Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 617
| I wouldn't say that "all the oil has moved to the left side". In reality, it's only slightly lower on the right, and I'm quite sure the engineers accounted for that.
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| Muscle Biker ![]() | I *never* start the bike on the kickstand. When I start the bike, I'm sitting on it, one hand holding the clutch, and the other pushing the starter button. When it's parked, regardless if I put it on the kickstand or on the center stand, it's in 1st gear. I couldn't start it with the kickstand down because because the sensor won't let me. And I need to stand it up to kick it into neutral, so it's off the stand anyway.
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| What makes you say that? ![]() Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 617
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2) You can't shift into N on the sidestand? I do it all the time to move the bike or start it up. Yeah, but do you make vroom-vroom noises before or after you stand the bike up?
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| Seat Tester Joined: May 2008
Bike: 83 Honda V45 Magna
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 64
| Mine won't start in gear so I sit on it put in neutral fire it up and finish suiting up sitting on it, while it warms up.
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| Kickstand Operator ![]() Joined: Oct 2007
Bike: 2007 Suzuki S50 /07 Yamaha FZ6 / 1992 Yamaha RT180
Location: Lithia Springs, Georgia
Posts: 286
| Standing straight up while on the bike. It starts anyway I have it. The ninja will not start in gear with the stand down in gear without the clutch in. The S50 needs the clutch in at all times to start. So that one is straight up always.
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| Ditch Magnet ![]() Joined: Mar 2008
Bike: Silver '06 M50
Location: NE NC
Posts: 184
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I'm always sitting on the bike when I start it, so the bike is always standing straight up, and if I'm sitting on the bike, the stand is up. | |
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| Where Am I ? Joined: Jan 2007
Bike: '05 Shadow Sabre
Location: Raleigh, NC
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| In The Zone ![]() Joined: May 2004
Bike: several
Location: Decatur, GA
Posts: 2,639
| With the bike in neutral and resting on the sidestand, I turn on the fuel and the ignition, straddle to bike and crank the kick starter to find TDC. I give the throttle a quarter inch turn, put all my weight into it and give it a good kick (88 cubic inches ain't easy to kickover!), then another. Usually starts on the second kick. A quarter inch of throttle OR a little choke keeps it running for about a full minute, then I am good to go!
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| Muscle Biker ![]() | Trapper, you should try Bicycle Poker cards. They give you a much better sound!
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| In Training ![]() Joined: Sep 2007
Bike: Suzuki M50 Limited Edition 2007
Location: Western North Carolina
Posts: 124
| I start my M50 on the side stand with the bike in neutral, clutch pulled in, and my right hand squeezing the handbrake. If for some reason the bike tried to move (it never has) having the front brake locked down should prevent more than a nudge and then a stall.
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| No Significant Other ![]() Joined: Oct 2007
Bike: 2008 ZZR600
Location: Under a rock in Texas
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