How To Start Your Minsk - MINSK Repair Manual

How to Start Your Minsk
This section might seem a little redundant for most drivers. However, there is
an easy way and a difficult way to start your Minsk so you may as well know the
right way.
1. Check that the engine start/stop switch on the right hand side of the handle bars
is up i.e. off.
2. Ensure there is petrol by looking in the tank or by pulling out the tube running
from the tank to the carburettor.
3. If your carburettor is the taller, square version then:
a) pull up the choke, kick-start the bike once without touching the accelerator
throttle, push down the choke, push down the engine stop switch (i.e. turn
the bike on), turn the accelerator throttle a quarter of a turn, and kick-start
the bike, or;
b) push down the petrol pump switch on the left-hand side of the carburettor
until petrol seeps out of the carburettor through its overflow hole, kick-start
the bike once or twice without touching the accelerator throttle, push down
the engine stop switch (i.e. turn the bike on), turn the accelerator throttle a
quarter of a turn, and kick-start the bike.
4. If your carburettor is the smaller, round model then push down the choke lever,
kick-start the bike once or twice without touching the accelerator throttle, flick
the choke lever up, push down the engine stop switch (i.e. turn the bike on),
turn the accelerator throttle a quarter of a turn, and kick-start the bike.
If the bike doesn't start then repeat the above mentioned procedures a few
times, and try to vary the number of times you kick-start the bike both before and
after you turn on the engine start/stop switch.
If the bike still doesn't start then open the accelerator handle completely for
around 30 seconds. This gives the sparkplug a chance to dry out. Then repeat the
above procedure.
If the bike still doesn't start then push/bump-start the bike. To do this, put the
bike in second gear, hold in the clutch lever, push the bike until you are running
and then let the clutch out at the same time as pushing down on the handle bars
(this will increase the friction under the tyres making it harder for them to slip).
Doing this on a hill makes it much easier. This is the best way to start the bike as it
involves far more revolutions of the engine than does a kick-start. These extra
revolutions along with the power of a push behind it will have a greater chance of
clearing out anything in the carburettor (if that is the problem) and getting the
petrol/air mix to fire. If a friend is handy then get him or her to push your bike
with theirs by sticking out their foot and pushing you via your passenger foot
pedals – this process has more power than just pushing it by yourself.
If the bike still does not start then it is time to look at the bike more thoroughly
by checking either the electrical system or the air/petrol system.
©Digby Greenhalgh 2000
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