• 2 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     WR = 2st Enduro & CR = 2st Cross

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250-500cc 2009/10 WR 300 starting issues.

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cdo1uk

Husqvarna
C Class
I have bought a 2010 registered 2009 model Husky WR300. I would love to tell you its great and rides well but i wouldnt know, cant start it.

Im not new to bikes and have had many Enduro bikes in my time but this is starting to get on my nerves...
This is what its doing..... When you turn on the fuel tap, the float bowl fills up nicely but as the bike is on its side stand it dribbles fuel out of the over flow pipe from the bowl, ive heard a normal problem, i may be wrong tho.... i tried to adjust this out by moving the floats a very very tiny bit, but all this did was stop fuel filling the bowl. i have left it alone at the normal setting now.

It sparks ok and have tried a few different spark plugs and both spark, although in my opinion not a very good spark. when i kick start the bike all that happens is the plug get wet with fuel, it wont start, it tried a few times but just turned over for less than a second and went off...

Please any ideas?
 
Sinced you say you have had other bikes this probably isn't new. If you flood the lower end of a two cycle dirt bike it can be very hard to start. I once tried laying my wr250 on its side like a tickler button and it was very stubborn for qutie a while. I would suggest taking the spark plug out, rotate the engine so the piston is at the lowest point so it can air out best, Warm up the spark plug with a gentle flame or perhaps an electric heat gun. If the plug is soaked repeat turn off the gas once you think the float bowl is full. Instal an in line fuel filter and remove the needle the float acutates to make sure nothing is on top of or stuck in it. Though the vibration might do the trick once it starts. The way the kick starter hits the peg can be un natural. You can tie down the rear suspention and stand on a stool or like object. If it is flooded it might like full throttle for a bunch of kicks before making a smoke clowd and starting.

I havn't had to do it with a bike like yours but if it is flooded real bad you can do things like turn it upside down with the spark plug out and rotate engine. get a flexible/maleable tube maybe the size of a soda straw or a little smaller thread it into the spark plug hole and then into a side transfer port and blow air to dry out the lower end.

Did it run in your presence at the dealership or where you got it?
 
Turn the fuel off. Lean the bike over and let some of the fuel flow out the over flow / vent. Set the bike up on a stand. Turn the throttle wide open and kick it half dozen times and see if it starts. If it does, turn the fuel on and let it warm up really well. Check if fuel is still coming from the overflow.

If it still won't start, turn the gas back on for a few seconds, then back off and try again. Start with the throttle slightly open and work up to full throttle.

As fran....K stated, it seems to be flooded.

Give this drill a try and report back what happens, and we can go from there.
 
Ok i have now got it started... thanks for the help but none of it worked, as it isnt flooded... this time anyway...

I asked a friend of mine who isnt new to Huskys, and he told me that the kill switch seems a week point on all of his, so i had a look, and it all looks like new. but to be sure i un plugged the switch gear from behind the head light and kicked it.... started first time... so its the kill switch. just got to re wire a kill switch into it now.
 
If under warranty take it back? If not, spray some contact cleaner in there before replacing or rerouting a new kill switch.
 
I wouldn't have thought you'd had an spark with a bad kill switch, but glad to hear you found it.
 
Just had a switch block assembly replaced on my '10 WR 250 under warranty. Bike would stop as soon as it fired, due to a short from any vibration in the switch. Apparently it was changed over with a newer redesigned unit (looks the same though)
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