Bike coughs smoke when trying to start

[ColdKill]

Hey,

So I'm still in my first year of riding and as many of you may know it's gotten pretty frosty now (at least on the south west). unfortunately for me my bike cover ripped last week which meant I had to keep it outside uncovered for the long weekend I just had.

I went to start the bike this morning, put full choke on and started it up and everything was fine. After a minute loads of white smoke started coming out of the exhaust so I shut it down.

Now when I try to start the bike it just coughs out white smoke when I press the ignition button. Is this a serious issue that I need to take to a garage or can I fix it?

Edit: I should probably note that it's a 125 enduro. The same bike as a pulse adrenaline.

[iooi]

White smoke is just condensation turned into steam (its got warm).... Not a problem at all.
Just look at cars stood at traffic lights and see exactly the same effect.

What you might have done is flooded it a bit leaving the choke on.

DO NOT WORRY

South west cold and frosty?????? They keep telling us it's just wet and warm....
Still not had any frosty temps up in the north yet.... Guess it must be you soft southern fairies and anything below 10C
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[AndyNUFC]

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[Rogerborg]

Air cooled engine, right? White smoke can only be from condensation in the exhaust.

Full choke from cold is fine, that's exactly what it's there for.
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[AndyNUFC]

[Rogerborg]

I'm not suggesting leaving it on for any length of time, just for the initial push (or kick) on a cold day. If it doesn't start immediately on full, try a different setting, but why would it be there if not to be used?
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[andym]

Even during the summer I put the choke on full until the engine gets to 3.5k rpm then switch it off.

All it does is restrict the amount of air giving a richer fuel-air mixture

[iooi]

[ColdKill]

So I got home and tried to start the bike up but still nothing.

I read somewhere that if you put the choke off or event halfway then open the throttle about half way then try to start it, it will normally start and then you just close the choke and hold the throttle enough to allow it to burn away any fuel.

I've tried starting it with throttle and choke off and on halfway with nothing.

Does anyone have any tips on fixing it? I need to get it working for work tomorrow. Keep in mind it's still pretty cold outside and the bike has been sitting so the engine will be pretty cold.

[iooi]

Take plug out and dry it.
Or
Try bump starting it.

If you keep cranking it over it should fire up, but you may flatten the battery 1st...
Do you have a charger?
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[Rogerborg]

If it's flooded then I'd normally go with choke fully off, open the throttle fully, hold it open, and kick or crank a few times. Don't blip the throttle, just hold it open.

Plug out and dry it off is a good plan, it'll also give any fuel in the cylinder a chance to evaporate. Although really I'd have expected it to have done so anyway.

When you say "the same bike as a Pulse Adrenaline", it definitely has an air cooled engine, right?
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[ColdKill]

So I've been out trying to get it working.

Took the plug out and dried it.
Tried turning over the bike a few times with the plug out to make it spit out any fuel inside.
Tried bump starting it (probably was doing a crappy attempt at it)
Once all of those failed I just kept trying to get it to catch with choke off and throttle open.

Unfortunate it's worse. I'm not sure if my battery is dead or not. What confuses me about it is my lights still work fine but when I try to start the engine I get a tiny response after clicking the start engine button and nothing, it cancels itself out. It's like a "uggh" then nothing (no idea how to type the sound), whereas before it would sound like it might catch but wouldn't. Is this the battery or the spark plug?

P.S. It is an air cooled engine. It's the exact same as the pulse adrenaline except a different company slapped their logos on it (pulse don't build the bikes either).

[AndyNUFC]

[ColdKill]

[Rogerborg]

You'll want to get that battery on charge ASAP, especially in the cold. On that matter, if it's a wet cell, when was the last time that you checked the electrolyte levels?

125s are pretty easy to bump start. 2nd or even 3rd gear, clutch in, push-push, jump on, clutch out until it spins, clutch in. You need very little speed.

That's assuming that it's going to start up. Don't change your normal start routine from whatever worked this morning until you've definitely determined that it won't fire up like that with a fully charged battery or a man sized bump.
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[ColdKill]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Not surprised it won't start if you're just pressing the starter like that. Hold it until it fires. You can hold them one for usually a max of 5-10 seconds with no issues.

Still sounds like it's cranking ok to be honest. Seems to have enough power to push it past the compression stroke, just that you're not holding the starter on long enough.
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[Major Doss]

In your original post, you state that you 'shut it down' - this didn't involve the kill switch perchance?
Got fuel in tank, tap on? If that is groovy, charge/bump like everyone says.

[talkToTheHat]