Cold / hard start of the Suzuki dr250se

This bike always hates the cold. This is the most difficult time I ever had starting it, even after it sits all winter. Took it for a ride after, runs great again. Might be something in the carburetor, or a sticky valve.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• dr
• 250
• suzuki
• motorcycle
• on/off
• road
• enduro

[swaggaholic4]

hey, i bought one of these and he pretty much cut the very end of the muffler off, where can i get a replacment one?

[tommymodified]

@swaggaholic4 Hey.. You could check online from aftermarket companies.. but I would try a local Suzuki dealer, they should be able to get you the stock part (if its not discontinued), but you most likely will have to pay top dollar for it. I bought my aftermarket FMF pipe from a dealer, and the price was the same online.

[Patrtickgilligan]

is this a heavy trail bike

[tommymodified]

@Patrtickgilligan It is heavier than my liquid cooled two stroke 125.. but you get use to it and its not too bad. It makes up for its heavier weight with better low end power.

[svenskan007]

Great video - what a real bastard to start - why don't you get another kickstarter - the DR350's normally hard to kickstart when hot not cold!

[tommymodified]

@svenskan007 Thank you!! I would like to put a kick starter in this.. at least for an emergency backup if the battery ever died. You own a DR350? From what I have seen its the same exact bike except for the larger engine. This one is already pretty quick so I imagine that one would be too!

[hoppel089]

damn - i had the same problem with a Yamaha TW 125 - the problem was an old battery...

[idunodan]

i have a 1998 dr250 which is elec start only and sits for quite a while at a time and have found that draining the carby really helps with starting, all it takes on my bike is to undo a bolt on the bottom of the carby with a 5mm allen key

[Patrtickgilligan]

@tommymodified ok thanks im tradeing my 88 kx 250 for one cas i was a street legal bike

[2004250hondarecon]

put a little bit of gas on the spark plug if it doesn't start.