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| Really enjoy my KLX250S except for one annoying problem. When the bike sits for more than a day between rides it's a real bear to get started. I've spoken to two other KLX owners in my area that are having the same problem. Any clues as to how to cure the problem would be much appreciated.
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| Yup, Turn your gas off. Get an allen key. Open the drain screw for your carb. Once all the gas drains out. Close the drain. Turn your gas back on and give the throttle a couple of twists, and she'll start rigth up. My bike is the same way. Took me like 2 hours to figure it out!!!!Scott
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| | maybe give it a good tune up |
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| If your bike is stock, it sounds like the pilot jet is too small and is getting gummed up by the additives in the gas. You can either go with a larger pilot jet, or turn of the petcock and drain the carb after every ride if it's going to set for more than a day or so.
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| I have the exact same problem with my 2006 KLX250S. It is absolutely NOT caused by a gummed-up carb, but a design problem. My local dealer is contacting Kawasaki to inform them of the problem with mine and I recommend that all owners with this bike do the same so that Kawasaki gets it fixed.
Bump-starting seems to speed up the starting process with mine.
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| Let the engine turnover with the starter button until it stops. Give it about 15 seconds with the ignition still on. Try it again. Mine usually starts on the second try. Some times it takes a few tries. Always use the choke. And don't just hold the starter button on, usually the starter will time out after a few seconds.
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| I use to really love the bike but am about to demand my money back on it. We have 4 of the 06KLX's and none of them will start after sitting for over a week. The dealer is fighting with Kaw right now and has been for about 2 months.Kaw tech support is WORTHLESS and treat everyone like an idiot. I was told that I am not starting my bike correctly and I needed to put the stock pipe back on. The funny thing is that the dealer has a stock bike there and it will not start also. I am absoulutely frustrated and about to get rid of the bike at this point. If anyone has any anwsers PLEASE let me know because my blood pressure can not stand to call Kaw customer service again they obvisouly have a design flaw here and instead of taking care of it try and blame the customer.
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| the carbator is too lean for epa reasons. thats why kawasaki wont do anything. rejet. had same problem, fixed it. now, i am puting a mikumi pumper carb on. jetting is the key.
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| Jeff I wrote a letter to Kawasaki 2 weeks ago about the hard-starting issue on my KLX250S. They called me last week and said they had no reports of problems with this bike's starting! I told them that it has a reputation for it already and I believe it is in the carburetor. I was told to take it back to the dealer for further investigation.
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