hey guys!! need help with my Z. please

[woodsZrider]

Hey, I race harescrambles and GNCC races and as you all know they are cold starts. My bike, a Z400, starts kinda slow, just turns over slow and takes longer than other bikes to start. Does anyone know how I can eliminate this problem. I would like to get off the starting line faster.
Thanks jd

[Toadz400]

Make sure your battery is fully charged and all the connections are clean and on there good.

Are you running your quad up to operating temps before the cold starts?

[woodsZrider]

Battery is charged and I'll check my connections.
Yes, I let my quad fully warm up befor the starts.

[MXRACER86]

The starter could be going!

[youngin]

The starter clutch assemblies on these bikes are notorious for messing up.. When mine went bad, it sounded like the timing was off when i tried to start it. It would turn over so slow and take for ever to start it seemed..

[Toadz400]

I was just going to say your starter could be going out, same thing happened with my dad's truck when it started to fail.

[Z-Racer-5c]

Could be the timing chain also. When it hits the end of the stock tensioner it will get hard to start. I have a KFX 453 with Keihin 41mm carb with all the goodies done to it. It starts like a top and does not need the choke. I have had no problems with the starter and I do not have the stock cams in the bike. Have fun at the Orange Crush this weekend. I would love to be there but I am leaving for TX on Sunday, so I will not be able to race. Looks like I wont be back in time to get to GA either but will make the rest of them. Here are the bikes Just before loading for Orange Crush GNCC.

[mattonln]

try going up a couple sizes on your pilot jet, this will eliminate the need for a choke and make cold starting easier... the starter is probably going out too, my friends dad has a z and his starter went out after just 10 hours of riding!

[ZSK]

Put your stock CDI back on.;)