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KLX 300 / hot starts
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I live in Australia so I don't have the carb icing problem.
My 1999 KLX300 (6300Km on it) will start first kick with no choke or
throttle from cold (eg sat stationary in the garage overnight).
However 20 minutes on it, and sit at some lights .. and it forgets how
to idle. In fact it just goes quiet.
Then no matter how I try and start the darned thing it just won't.
The only mod (the bike is new to me) is a nice Staintune stainless
steel exhaust.
Sounds nice and hits 110Km/h at 5500RPM in 6th (redlines at 10,500,
tacho goes to 13K) so I imagine it'll go pretty fast if I ever feel the
need. I've not taken it on the dirt yet as my total biking experience
is under 2 months and 500km.
At 55Kg and 1.80m, I am not sure I am heavy enough to successfully
clutch start it (I wear boy's pants to work rather than men's put it
that way).
Even with bike boots, I find my foot is bruised from trying to kick it
over.
The only thing that works is waiting for it. I'm getting sick of
sitting on the side of the road for 20 minutes in 30 degree c heat
(summer over here).
The one time I sat there and persisted kicking, it ended up getting
clutched by someone else - I left the house at 4pm and got home at 730
- an 8Km round trip. Not exactly faster than walking.
I can ride 4km and stop the bike (eg get petrol or milk) - it's getting
going again afterwards, that's the problem. I am not sure if the 'stall
when hot' is related or not.
It's currently in the shop being looked at, but this starting hot seems
to be a real problem for these bikes and to be honest if it weren't for
this problem I'd be ecstatic with the bike - instead I'm getting to
hate it. Not as much as the 50cc bright yellow scooter I have as a
loaner (a Honda today thing), but it's close.
Anyone have any cheap and easy fixes or ideas (I'm a computer person so
things with moving parts appear broken to me).
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