position when the engine is warm.
Turn the engine over by the kickstaner until compression can be felt on one c
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Switch on the ignition by turning the key in the centre of the lighting switch to the
position "IGN", open the throttle about
&
urn and then depress the kickstarter
pedal smartly when the engine should fire
immediately.
11 not, re-pos~t~hn the throttle
and jet lever.
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Always turn the petrol taps "OFF" when parking the machine
Failure to start the engine after the controls have been re-set may be due to a flat
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RUNNING-IN
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When the engine starts, close the twistgrip to a brisk tickover.
While the engine
is
COLD
the jet lever should be raised suficientiy to keep the engine running fast
and evenly and should remain in that position until
it
is
warm enough to run with
the lever fully depressed.
It
will be noted that the lever
is
friction loaded and can,
therefore, be set in any position for any length of time according to climatic con-
ditions. For this reason, no specific time for the
RICH
running conditions can be
stated.
For.many years, motorcyclists were advised to ride their new machines at a speed
not in.excess of
30
m.p.h. for the
first
thousand miles. With a modern machine of
high, or comparatively high performance, this type of running-in
is
entirely useless.
and at the end of the one thousand miles only very little improvement wiil have
been effected in the bearing surfaces of the engine.
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Running-in should be carried out progressively, and
it
is
necessary for the rider to
make what may be termed a very definite arrangement with himself before he starts
riding the new machine. He should make up his mind never to be bustled during
the running-in period and to ride at his own speed entirely irrespective of the speed
of other traffic.
It
is, naturally.arhoying when one owns a high performance machine
battery; in this case turn the ignition key to "EMG" which
is
the emergency start
position.
Depress the kickstarter when the engine wiil fire. Once the engine is
running the ignition key
MUST
be returned to the "IGN" position as the engine
should not be run longer than
is
absolutely necessary in the
"EMG"
position. (For
special running conditions on the "EMG" circuit see page
167).
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