problems starting when cold

[flattrackin92]

I have got a 2000 shee with cool head 16cc domes, rad valve, port work, carbon fiber reeds,fmf fatty gold series, and some other stuff.but i will have to kick it 50 times with the choke wide open when its cold. but when the whether is nice out it will start on one or two kicks. Is there any reason for this or is my shee just cold blooded. Any info would help.

[akita8]

Do you know what size jets are installed? Sounds like your pilot jets are to small or clogged.

[flattrackin92]

380 main jet and 27.5 pilot

[Fireroad Express]

like akita8 said. you may have to go up a size on the pilot jet. i had the same thing happen and jetting up fixed the problem. first though, check to see if there is dirt in the carb bowl or the jet itself. it might just be clogged. also , there may be a little water/condensation in your carbs freezing up when it gets cold.

Edited January 28, 2008 by the grinch

[2strokespirit]

Allot of people will put the wrong float bowl on the wrong carb when rejetting. If you have the stock carbs, take your carbs of and you will see there is a passage that the one bowl has, that the other does not have, the float bowl that has the pasage should go on the carb that has the choke lever on. To make a test, when the bike is cold, take your seat of and choke the intake with your hand or cloth, if the bike starts you will know that the choke circuit does not work, and check the float bowls. If you cannot choke it for some reason inspect anyway. This ha been discussed many times on here and has solved allot of problems.