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Need some help. I trailered my BA on a long trip & when I went to start it I had to keep cranking it for about 5 minutes before I could get it started. I have a brand new battery & was getting spark. Anybody have any ideas on what might cause this? I'm puzzled. 
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Re: Hard Starting
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Sounds like either no gas flow, bad gas, or choke not engaging. Hard to pinpoint by internet. Does it start okay now?
JB
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Hopefully you got her going by now. She was probably just PO'd at you for trailoring her. Isn't that why we refer to bikes as "She"? 
A word to the wise is not necessary. It is the stupid ones who need the advice.
Pat
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Yea, I finally got "her" started. I agree that she seemed upset with me that I didn't ride her. I also think that the fact that she was trailered along side a crotch rocket really pissed her off. I promised her I wouldn't do it again & she has performed ever since.YUK YUK.
Young enough to care-less & old enough to know-better. Sooo how do you like me now!!! Whaaaat!!
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Any chance the petcock was left open? If so, bouncing along on a trailer may have sloshed enough gas into the intake system to flood the engine. On the Velocette and the 650 Triumph I had years ago, tickling the Amals just a little too long would mean a 50 kick start instead of the normal 1 or 2. 
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When I first tried to start her I thought maybe I had left the petcock open. But I did shut her off before strapping her in the trailer. It seemed to me that she was starved for gas or maybe that it was just the opposite & was flooded. I leave for home in a couple of days & have to trailer her again. I will wait & see if the problem happens again. She really has not been tempermental before this happened.
Young enough to care-less & old enough to know-better. Sooo how do you like me now!!! Whaaaat!!
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Thanks to whoever suggested using less choke when starting cold during warm weather. The bike fires up a bit quicker on just a quarter yank of the choke, and I'm not washing oil off the cyliners as much to boot. Mahhvelous!
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