I charged the battery up and had another go, did some troubleshooting swapping spark plugs in and out (spark good on both old and new plugs), drained float bowls (but didn't actually replace the petrol that was in the tank) and after a LOT of cranking it fired and ran fine.
For reference it fired with about 80% choke and 1/3 throttle, took it for a ride and everything seems fine.
Buggered if I know what was actually wrong with it! I have put it down to a combination of flooding it on my previous attempts, then not cranking for long enough on the subsequent ones.
Starting the Storm can be a bit of an art form! I always crank her over a couple of times without any choke, then stop, crank again but slowly pulling out the choke till she fires.
Stratman wrote:
Starting the Storm can be a bit of an art form! I always crank her over a couple of times without any choke, then stop, crank again but slowly pulling out the choke till she fires.
Thats the same method I have adopted to start my Storm, but as with all women they can be a bit tempremental but if you push the right buttons they will perform for ya.
I agree its like a black art, and I have found that if the battery is down on power it becomes more difficult.
I will always start mine without choke or throttle unless the weather is cold, as I find she will run without both, may stall once or twice but once the bikes running and carbs have settled down I will open the throttle a bit.
