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[thehairysmite...]

Had surgery recently so been off the bike for over a week now. Had a thought.... is there anything I should be doing whilst it's not being used? Start it up and let it run for while etc?

It's a 125 manual with choke

Cheers

[Minty]

A whole week of nothing?

No, unless you are bored?
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[Aceslock]

Starting it up is the worse than not starting it up. Most of the damage to engines happen when engine is cold.....
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[thehairysmite...]

Well I'm going to be off it for another 2 or 3 weeks I imagine. So I should just do nothing?

[Minty]

My bike has gone months of nothing. How new is your battery as that is the only thing likely to let you down if it is getting on a bit.
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[NJD]

When you eventually can use the bike.. depending on the design of the choke just put it on full or open it all the way (if manual spring loaded) and then follow the start up procedure for your bike, so for me it would be full choke, electric starter and then a little bit of throttle afterwards. I was always advised don't hold the starter for longer than 5 seconds, also don't expect the bike to first up first time.. rather a handful of tries. Be prepared for multiple attempts and don't prolong your ride by flooding the engine and creating more issues, if doesn't start after so many attempts leave it and come back to it after 10-15 minutes (timeframe is based on other peoples post, no actual experience of flooding an engine).

If there's no luck with the above then could try either a kick start or a bump start. Or just put your battery on charge.

Use this time to your advantage, if nothing needs fixing, servicing or adjusting then I'd be giving it the best clean of it's life and applying some ACF-50. Clean and lube the chain.

Last of all just keep poking it and cross of the days on the calendar until you can use it again.

[el_oso]

my thundercat has been sitting at my parents for at least 9months without being started. I went back there a couple of weeks ago and started up fine after two cranks.

Just lock it up, if you've got heated grips, make sure they are off. A friend had a week off work and left his heated grips on and killed the battery. Leave and forget.
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[Aceslock]

[panaceasaurus]

[Ste]

[thehairysmite...]

[talkToTheHat]

If you must do something:

Turn fuel tap to off - if you have one
Drain carbs - if you can do above

Take battery into the warm indoors, place on plastic tray/in icecream tub if you're remotely worried about it making a mess, charge battery. Charge again before replacing in bike. Or use maintenance charger, possibly leaving battery in bike if larmjng situation allows.

Failing that, have a booster pack/car and jump leads/spare battery ready when you go to start the bike again. Remember you tuned the fuel off. If you have a vacuum operated fuel pump, have fun priming it.
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