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rednaxela · #1 Unread post by **rednaxela** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 6:03 am

i use my rs50 to get to school and am curremtly doing my exams. i was about to leave school today. with all my mates on their shitty little peds. theres me on my sexy bike thinkin yea look at me on my bike when i realise it won't start. all my mates laugh at me saying our scooters start first time. which was a good point. i spent a lot of money buying a brand new rs50 so i wouldn't have the trouble of having to deal with a second hand one with problems. but there i was on the bike which was brand new and not starting. evcentually we managed to bump start it ( after about 1 hour of working out what to do.) and it works ok now but what was the problem.??
cheers

Mag7C · #2 Unread post by **Mag7C** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:41 am

Was it really cold outside? My friend's bike will not start in the cold.

#3 Unread post by **dr_bar** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:58 pm

I wonder...
Does your rs50 have a locking ignition that also has parking lights on it??? I did that to my first bike way back in the 70's. Locked the ignition, then kept turning that key until the tail-lights came on. (I couldn't tell, it was a bright sunny afternoon.) Then I got off work and had a dead battery. Learned my lesson the first time, and luckily have never repeated the performance...