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The parts bike I have has a carburetor and on it the bystarter has been monkeyed with as well. There is not needle and brass cylinder at all on it. This carb I looked at weeks ago. The bowl is a bit corroded and a little rougher in general so I did not use it. But in looking at it today I see that t...

OK so I disassembled my bystarter. After looking at the wiki links I realize the previous owner had the thing put together wrong. See I bought this bike along with a parts bike from a guy who was trying to get it running and could not. The carb and the bystarter along with petcocks and other parts i...

Well the bystarter my be perfectly fine except for the position of the needle. Aparently the unit can be disassembled. Something must hold the needle in place. Maybe it is a simple thing. I am going to see if I can fix it first before biting the bullet and buying a new one. I would like to get it ru...

Here is my "cold" bystarter. Needle is internalized in the brass sleeve. I can push on the sleeve and expose some of the needle.

So tonight I have removed the bystarter from the cold engine. I had not really examined it before. I am not really familiar with bystarters and how they should look in the cold position. I have looked at the wiki link here and my needle end does not exactly look like the photos. My needle is pretty ...

I just checked the fuel level with the clear tube and the level in the bowl of the warmed up engine is at the correct level. I have yet to test the bystarter.

With the first of many carb cleanings, I did the drill with cotton swap and rubbing compound cleaning of the float needle seat. It could be cruded up anew. I did have dirty gas. I think I need to physically check the level of gas in the bowl and physically check the opeeration of the bystarter and s...

No something is wrong with the carburation. If I go out in the morning it starts right up but after a short ride the engine starts running too rich. If I shut it down and re start it, it needs to have the throttle wide open to start. If I give it a little gas instead I actually spell gas and will ev...

Yup sometimes a little throttle can be needed when it warm. If your idle air is set right on the money it may start with just the button. There is an other test that you can do with the by starter, in the manual it shows applying air or vacuum to the air hole that feeds the bystarter . the port on ...

So it is a week now of riding the scooter with the new piston and rings. Everything seems to be fine thus far with the rebuild even though I did not split the case, but rather just flushed out the case to remove the old piston particles. I will continue to ride the scooter and report back on the con...

Greetings: Generally the bystarter system works pretty well, but it's not computer-controlled. If you don't install the insulating cover, the bystarter begins to retract (to its "Enrich" position) as soon as the engine is turned off. Then if you try to restart the warm engine, it gets ful...

If it starts when cold with ease your bystarter needle is up and your choke circuit is open. ...... WOT to start after warm... makes me think something is out of line. Remember I am a noob though, if the throttle needle and throttle body is down, then I would think maybe your throttle needle might ...

when the scooter is cold no throttle. if you do use the throttle it f....up the chock.. when worn you need a little throttle to get it started... swimmingfree So you are saying that when warm it needs a little throttle because the bystarter is not functioning at that point? I will try a little thro...

I have not had the scooter running for very long but it seems that it starts fine when the engine is completely cold. This indicates the bystarter is working correctly, I believe. If it is warm and is started it is flooding I think. It will not start. If I wide open the throttle it will start, but i...

So I did yet another carb cleaning. I definitely cleaned the pilot jet properly. I put it back together and went for a ride. After the test run the scooter would not start easily. It is flooding. I have to hold the throttle open to start it. I tried adjusting the carb based on the service manual. No...