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Kxf seized kickstart??help/info

  • 19-09-2012 7:54pm
    #1
    collins8811
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9 ✭


    Just wondering if anyone can help me out here,
    Bought my first dirtbike 3 months ago and the other day the kickstart seized So I'm looking for any kind of info on this, (i.e. what problem could be, who is best person/place to fix it, cost that could be involved etc)
    The full story is I was riding it for a few hours and the chain came off about five times, on the last time the chain came off the bike cut out and the kickstart had seized, on further inspection I found that it had no coolant in it either
    P.s it's a 2005 kxf 250

    Thanks in advance for any responses


Comments

  • #2
    spiggotpaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 873 ✭✭✭spiggotpaddy


    You've given your engine a roasting. Sounds like the engine is seized.


  • #3
    collins8811
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9 ✭collins8811


    spiggotpaddy wrote: »
    You've given your engine a roasting. Sounds like the engine is seized.

    I know I only recently topped the coolant up though, and I warm the bike up and let it cool after rising for a while, do you know what could be needing fixed and a rough price? Think it needs a piston and valves done


  • #4
    spiggotpaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 873 ✭✭✭spiggotpaddy


    Take the plug out and see if it will turn over.


  • #5
    collins8811
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9 ✭collins8811


    spiggotpaddy wrote: »
    Take the plug out and see if it will turn over.

    Cheers for the advice paddy, I'll do it this evening,
    You mean the spark plug?
    What will it mean of it does turn? Or if it doesn't?


  • #6
    spiggotpaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 873 ✭✭✭spiggotpaddy


    Yes the spark plug. If it won't turn over then either something is broke inside or it has heat seized, either way its a strip down to diagnose.
    If it does turn over you may be lucky, try pushing it in top gear with the plug out, to see if the piston is moving, it could be as simple as a spring on the kickstart.


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  • #7
    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    And if the chain keeps coming off its probably worn out or needs adjusting. But that could be the least of your worries. Check out the engine first.


  • #8
    collins8811
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9 ✭collins8811


    Gave the bike a jumpstart and she started and unseized the kickstart, turns out its also about 3/4's full of coolant also so I didn't fry it,
    It's still knocking in 3rd gear though so I think I'll be buying a manual and changing the clutch and gearbox soon just to be sure
    Thanks for the help


  • #9
    doctorchopper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 886 ✭✭✭doctorchopper


    if you are stripping it to change the gearbox, i'd suggest taking it to someone that know's what they are doing. Modern 4 strokes are not the easiest things to work on. To save a bit of money you could remove the engine from the bike, but by the sounds of things I would't recommend you strip it by yourself


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