re: Looking for a Trouble Free No-Nonsense Bike: Now bought Royal Enfield!
First in morning while started it goes off,again start goes off, again try ..off..start.. no response-dead..wait for 10 second start-viola..!!
Why could be that?
which position shall fuel knob should be? anything to be followed while parking at night?
fuel-off-on-res ?
Carurettors of all bikes are tuned lean (i.e fuel-air mixture pumped inside the cylinder by the carburettor is not rich) in interest of fuel efficiency and that is why your Avenger is behaving like this (dying off again and again when the engine is cold).
For cold/morning starts, please follow this procedure:
1. Switch the fuel cock and ignition to 'on' position.
2. Apply the choke.
3. Open the throttle by 1/4th.
4. Press the starter. The bike would roar to life.
5. Let the choke remain applied for a minute to let the bike get warmed up (its always a good practice to let the bike run at idle for a minute before starting off in the mornings/on a cold engine).
6. Release the choke and start riding !
If the bike starts after following the above procedure but shuts down again (with a ghurrrrrrr sound), release the choke immediately after the bike starts and maintain a steady idling speed by using the throttle.
If the bike does not start after 2-3 attempts even after following the above procedure, release the choke and try again after some time and it should start.
This problem could also be taken care of by adjusting the air/fuel mixture screw on the carburettor. But I suggest you don't fiddle with it at least till the first service. At the first service, ask the mechanic to set the air-fuel mixture screw at one and three quarter turns and all would be well.
Don't get too flummoxed by this problem. What you are facing is a very normal thing and really nothing to be worried about.