17-11-15, 11:43 AM
(16-11-15, 11:43 PM)darrsi link Wrote: They're REALLY easy to bump start, don't run with it, just sit on it and move it forward a bit, preferably not uphill or maybe get some helpful soul to give to a little push.
I didn't know they were that easy, it reminds me of my teens when we had old bikes in the local field, the only way they would ever start was by bumping and it was a true art and I think where the term bumping came from because you would run along with the bike but at the moment that you let out the clutch you would jump up in the air and land down hard on the seat (bump) and this would give the rear wheel extra purchase otherwise it would just skid and also if it did take then you needed to be sitting on it. Sometimes you would run 1/4 mile continually jumping on it. The proper experts would jump on it side saddle so when it didn't take you could jump off quick without loosing too much momentum
So I am glad to know the fzs can be done so easy
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.