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From: roland@inmet.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: re- cold weather starting
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Date: Tue, 22-Oct-85 23:38:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 22 23:38:00 1985
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Nf-From: inmet!roland    Oct 22 23:38:00 1985


 	Ken Dykes' suggestions are all very good ones.
The only thing I can think of that he left out was the battery.
Almost no motorcycle battery is strong enough to hold a charge
and supply starting voltage and assuredly not cranking power
to start a bike in sub-freezing conditions (or even not yet
sub-freezing).  I solved my problems by mounting an auxiliary
battery on my luggage rack and running extra long cables
(make sure they're heavy enough!).  I used a Sears DieHard
out of my dead Oldsmobile but that was overkill - but it
worked all the time!
	One other thought; early /5 BMWs had
a component in the starter protection relay which was
temperature sensitive.  The symptom was that the relay
simply clicked rapidly as it tried to draw power.  The fix
was to replace the component with an equivalent which was
not temperature sensitive.  BMW owners with this problem
can contact me or BMWMOA about the details; others might check
with their dealers or owners groups.

Roland Crowl
{ima,ihnp4}!inmet!roland