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Old 07-24-2008, 10:52 AM   #11
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Umm... shouldn't the amperage pose a possible issue off a car battery? Shouldn't one have some additional draw off the average car battery like the headlights on in the car when approaching the tiny wiring of our little GZ250's? I considered jumping my bike once but luckily managed to get it to start just by detaching the battery bringing it inside out of the cold for a while to warm up and putting it back on the bike then giving it a go.



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Old 07-27-2008, 08:37 AM   #12
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Umm... shouldn't the amperage pose a possible issue off a car battery? Shouldn't one have some additional draw off the average car battery like the headlights on in the car when approaching the tiny wiring of our little GZ250's? I considered jumping my bike once but luckily managed to get it to start just by detaching the battery bringing it inside out of the cold for a while to warm up and putting it back on the bike then giving it a go.
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Old 05-20-2010, 09:15 PM   #13
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Re: Push start your GZ.

did this 2 night ago, leaving work! left the key on....... put her in 2, gave a good push, hoped on, popped clutch, fired, gave gas..vroom-vroom!



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Old 05-20-2010, 09:39 PM   #14
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Re: Push start your GZ.

ok, more like put-put for a couple min. doesnt run so good with no juice in her!
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Old 05-21-2010, 09:53 AM   #15
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Re: Push start your GZ.

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ok, more like put-put for a couple min. doesnt run so good with no juice in her!
Indeed. You are lucky. Others have found that even push starting doesn't work if the battery is TOO dead.

If it hasn't been mentioned already in another thread, you now need to hook your battery up to a low capacity charger for a few hours to be sure it is fully charged again. Sometimes the onboard charging system won't fully restore it.
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Old 05-21-2010, 02:11 PM   #16
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Re: Push start your GZ.

first thing i did when i got home
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Old 02-27-2012, 12:22 AM   #17
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Re: Push start your GZ.

Well, I had to learn the hard way.. :retard:
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One cold south Texas day, while leaving my house on my 2 week old 2006 GZ250 going to the hospital I do rotation hours at, a red light two blocks away from my house stole my thunder. While waiting for the green light, I didn't realize I had it in 2nd Gear and as soon as the green light lit, I jumped on the throttle and the bike stuttered a bit before shutting off for a second.
Mind you, this is all while seven million cars were waiting behind me, and so since the clutch was not entirely released cause I was barely going, I pressed on it again out of habit and since I had momentum the bike started again by itself.
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I immediately went for 1st and away I went.. and lucky me, no they didn't run all over me. :whistle:
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Old 03-22-2012, 10:03 PM   #18
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Re: Push start your GZ.

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ok, more like put-put for a couple min. doesnt run so good with no juice in her!
Indeed. You are lucky. Others have found that even push starting doesn't work if the battery is TOO dead.

If it hasn't been mentioned already in another thread, you now need to hook your battery up to a low capacity charger for a few hours to be sure it is fully charged again. Sometimes the onboard charging system won't fully restore it.
So are we saying that the gz250 has a battery ignition? I thought it was powered by a Magnito.
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Old 03-22-2012, 10:38 PM   #19
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Battery,alternator,and regulator,(rectifier). :cool:
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Old 03-22-2012, 10:48 PM   #20
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So she will not run without a battery?
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