Starting a trial bike at the push is an almost impossible task. As they are high compression bikes and have a very long gear ratio, you would need to engage a high gear (from fourth gear) and therefore quite a lot of inertia, something that is not always possible.
This tutorial is especially useful if the starter lever has broken or we have a mechanical problem.
Over time, the components involved in the starter system deteriorate and can end up causing a failure in the start-up that forces the rider to start the bike at the “push”. This method is effective but requires minimal inertia to take effect. Here comes the problem; What if we are surrounded by stones and have no one to drive us?
TUTORIAL TO START THE TRIAL BIKE WITH A PUSH
For these cases, there is a technique that will allow us to start the trial motorcycle advancing less than one meter and without previous inertia.
The steps to follow are as follows:
Step 1: Make sure that the stop button is in the running position and that the fuel is open. If the motorcycle is “cold”, we will also activate the air in the carburetor.
Step 2: On
trial bikes
, the most common thing is to engage third or fourth gear. This depends on the displacement of the engine. The larger the displacement, the higher the gear to be engaged.
Step 3: Once engaged and without engaging the clutch, we will pull the handlebars until we put the bike in a vertical position on the rear end.
Step 4: Next, we will put our hands on the handlebars with the bike disengaged and our right foot on the footpeg keeping all the rider’s weight on the left leg.
Step 5: We transfer the weight of the left leg on the handlebars and on the right footpeg in order to make the front end abruptly impact the ground. This impact causes the rotation of the engine and, as a consequence, its starting.
Step 6: Once started, we will activate the clutch quickly so that the trial bike does not stall.
