My XT engine has recently been rebuilt after a good 6 months trying to source different things for it. A week after it was finished I managed to get a slipped disc in my neck so the bike has not been used for the last 3 months.
The problem I have now is that I can't start the bast**d thing, It has a bit of fuel in it, not much, and the spark plug was new 3 months ago when it was rebuilt. I have noticed that the tension on the kick start is really hard to initially move it, which means I have to stamp down repeatedly really hard in order that the kick start can be kicked, is there any way to ease the tension on the kick start as the sole of my foot is now bruised.
Apart from that is there any tips on how to kick start it after it has sat in my garage, should I put some new fuel in it? Some people advise to go through the kick process 3 times with the ignition switched off and then switch on the ignition and give it a good kick, didn't work.
Another has mentioned to lower the bike so much that fuel comes out of the carb overflow and then kick it.
Any advice on the above would be greatly appreciated as really thinking of selling up especially now i have a slipped disc in my neck and I don't want to aggrovate anymore than I should.
