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Well, I'm new here and I just bought my bike (2001 Kawi EX250) LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, and on Saturday afternoon when I tried to go riding with LatinRider, my bike wouldn't start!
First, when I pressed the starter, it would crank once and stop. I turned the ignition on and off a couple times and pressed the starter a couple times more, and eventually it started cranking, but not firing. Tried starting with choke - nothing. Tried starting with choke and throttle - nothing. Started to seem like I flooded the engine.
After I held down the starter for a good 20 seconds (i know, that can't be good for the starter!) with the throttle full open and no choke, the engine started firing, but would die as soon as I closed the throttle. After a few more tries with holding down the starter with full throttle, the bike managed to get going, and once it was warmed up, it ran perfectly fine.
I'm guessing that maybe I have a leaky fuel line and fuel is somehow getting into the carb and flooding the engine before I start the bike, but I'm getting normal mileage and stuff. And the night before (Friday) I did notice that I had to give my bike a little bit of throttle to get it to start, but on Saturday I couldn't give it any choke and had to open the throttle completely.
Luckily my bike is still under warranty, but I would like to avoid bringing it all the way back up to Bay4 Motorsports (45 mins away) if possible. Especially if a gasket is gonna suddenly explode on the freeway and make me crash and die, or something.
Any ideas? Help is very much appreciated!