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Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: A small country with a funny name
Posts: 164
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Checking the valve clearances sounds like a good idea -my Zongshen Sierra had such loose valves and low compression at some point that it felt like kicking over a 50cc two-stroke, and you could hardly tell which kicks were on a compression stroke. It took quite some patience to kickstart in these conditions.
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Carrollton, GA
Posts: 1,465
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My Hawk is pretty good about kick starting when it's cold, but it's really easy when it's warm. The best advice I can give you is to make sure your valves are set dead on, and that you have a good follow-through when you kick start it. You really have to run the kick arm all the way down and around. I would also recommend that you tune the carburetor and make sure you have a really good spark plug. The battery being low didn't help you any, either. Hope this helps!
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