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[Dirtytoes]

Hard to look cool when that happens.....

LOL .......a few minutes later.....


when you say use the highest gear you can....does that mean that i should use 6th?

[Sev]

Scan has it about right. Use the highest gear you can, and cover the clutch so that when it fires, you can pull the clutch and gain control over it. Be careful you don't drop the bike, it's pretty easy to be slightly off balance when it catches and flop over to one side or the other. Hard to look cool when that happens.....

I sense a story...

[BuzZz]

O.k. by highest gear your can, I wasn't very accurate, I admit. 2nd or 3rd gear shoud do it. When the engine catches, you want to be able to keep up to the bike until you can gain control of the thing.

The higher the gear you use, the faster the wheel will turn the engine over, giving you a better chance of getting it lit.

I've push started my CR500 in 5th(top gear on that bike), I don't have real long arms, but they are a few inches longer now than before I did that.

[Dirtytoes]

O.k. by highest gear your can, I wasn't very accurate, I admit. 2nd or 3rd gear shoud do it. When the engine catches, you want to be able to keep up to the bike until you can gain control of the thing.

The higher the gear you use, the faster the wheel will turn the engine over, giving you a better chance of getting it lit.

I've push started my CR500 in 5th(top gear on that bike), I don't have real long arms, but they are a few inches longer now than before I did that.

lol....in 5th!?

[skinnyjoint]

no, it's not a new bike...it's a 2005 ex500 with 7,000+ miles on it.....i got it when it was like 5,000....

a friend of mine who had it done to his 2006 R6 said it was $250 !....is that true?

P.S. should i just do a oil change or other stuff too?

do you have a manual should give you the intervals on when things should be done

[Dirtytoes]

no, it's not a new bike...it's a 2005 ex500 with 7,000+ miles on it.....i got it when it was like 5,000....

a friend of mine who had it done to his 2006 R6 said it was $250 !....is that true?

P.S. should i just do a oil change or other stuff too?

do you have a manual should give you the intervals on when things should be done

i don't have the manual