scooter absolute pain in the rear end to start on a morning

Hi,

Just wanting to ask a question my scooter is an absolute pain to start in the morning.

I'll hold the elec start in and it will just turn and turn and turn and.. turn, I'll try with revs on and it wont fire.

After doing this for a few minutes it will fire It will respond to revs then die it will do this a couple times then it is fine.

I know the engine will be cold and will need warmed up but should it really take that long to start on a morning?

After the initial starting on a morning it is more or less fine!

one other think after I have been riding and i knock the engine off I can hear a faint backfire is that normal?

thanks

 

What scooter is it? Check the choke unit to make sure it's working.

 

peugeot speedfight 100cc Is that what the black box on the carb would be with the wires going int it

 

well this morning I nearly flattened my battery trying to start it so where could i start with testing the choke, cheers

 

my speedfight dose the exact same but it some time revs its self up to but its only when is sat overnigh or when its quite cold i was told its my choke like marsh said

 

Well it fell to about -3 -4 here last night and it took 10minutes to start this morning, but I'm struggling to find out how I can test my choke to see if that i the culprit but I'll end up burning my statermotor out if it keeps going this way!

 

yh i just use starter motor few a bit the the kick start and then back to eletric start so i dont flaten my battery or burn my starter motor out

 

one of my mates vivacity dose the same thing as well i think its quite common in peugeots

 

think I'm gonna do some research on the choke unit and order a new plug as well, my peds probs never had a new one in!

 

yh i tried a new plug didnt make much of a differance

 

im glad mine isnt as bad as yours mine takes about 5 mins but if mine took 10 i think i would have smashed it up with a hammer by now

 

I was ready to! used to get annoyed with my old offroad jeeps when i was younger and smash them up! not worth the money to repair things! haha

 

if you do find out how to sort the problem post it on here ill try and find out how to sort it aswell

 

going to do some reading and have a tinker mate ill keep ypu informed

 

I tried giving it a few bursts to get the fuel flowing and things and then tried kicking it, but no luck it wasnt until after 10 minutes of elec start and kicking it turned over on a kick! I never got to the bottom of my problem today as my speedo cable came and I had some other stuff to do! going to get it into the workshop at college on monday get my tyre changed and will have the guidance of my tutor! he used to be lambretta boy back in the day! soo hopefully get something sorted