Hello xbhp...!!! Yesterday while driving on NH4 at 1.10am i stopped my bike to call a friend,as soon as i stopped the bike it started sounding like ignition key is off and engine stopped i ignored it thinking it is time to shift to reserve...but bike was already running on reserve After the call i started to kick start the bike(my battery is weak)and then i felt that kick is so smooth like i am using splendor(usually my bike's kick feels hard n sometime there is sound like some pressured air is realising) so i thought clutch cable has gone(but it was not)i tried for half an hour but in vain then i checked spark plug(it was ok)petrol(ok)then i removed cdi and reconnected and i removed the petrol tube from the the carb let some petrol flow and waited on pitch dark road for another 15 minutes after that i was very optimistic and started kicking the bike with sky high confidence but soon it came to dust i thought something serious has happened to the bike and on other way i was also thinking that kari did not show any signs and how come she is not responding ...while thinking this i kicked the bike and slowly she came to life(like she has just arrived in this world) i was like ...put the gears on and rushed to home in triple digits....but still i am not able to understand strange behaviour of kari...xbhp members will you please throw some light on it

No worries. Its a unique Karizma characteristic.

Unique Karizma characteristic is too annoying in dense traffic.
Self start wont work.
I normally shake the bike and push bike forward and backward while holding clutch\neutral and disk brake .

I know its the problem with some valve. So I will do all possible way to make valve open

Then it will start.

Hello xbhp...!!! Yesterday while driving on NH4 at 1.10am i stopped my bike to call a friend,as soon as i stopped the bike it started sounding like ignition key is off and engine stopped i ignored it thinking it is time to shift to reserve...but bike was already running on reserve After the call i started to kick start the bike(my battery is weak)and then i felt that kick is so smooth like i am using splendor(usually my bike's kick feels hard n sometime there is sound like some pressured air is realising) so i thought clutch cable has gone(but it was not)i tried for half an hour but in vain then i checked spark plug(it was ok)petrol(ok)then i removed cdi and reconnected and i removed the petrol tube from the the carb let some petrol flow and waited on pitch dark road for another 15 minutes after that i was very optimistic and started kicking the bike with sky high confidence but soon it came to dust i thought something serious has happened to the bike and on other way i was also thinking that kari did not show any signs and how come she is not responding ...while thinking this i kicked the bike and slowly she came to life(like she has just arrived in this world) i was like ...put the gears on and rushed to home in triple digits....but still i am not able to understand strange behaviour of kari...xbhp members will you please throw some light on it

No worries. Its a unique Karizma characteristic.
Next time when this happens, give the bike a 10min break and after that slowly keep turning the engine using the kicker, and when you feel compression, kick hard.

The reason behind this is exhaust valve getting stuck in an open state, rendering the engine unable to maintain compression. I believe the cause of this is indirectly related to Kicker abuse, since had read that the auto decompressor's related to the exhaust valve. And as I've experienced before, improper use of the Kicker causes damage to the decompressor there fore indirectly causing the exhaust valve from seizing to close.

Just my assumption. Its best psr sir explains this.

I hope you're not just shutting the engine off after a speedy and long ride on highways, but you're shifting the bike into neutral letting it settle for few seconds and then turning it off. Are you doing this? If not, please try to adopt this habit.

Unique Karizma characteristic is too annoying in dense traffic.
Self start wont work.
I normally shake the bike and push bike forward and backward while holding clutch\neutral and disk brake .

I know its the problem with some valve. So I will do all possible way to make valve open

Then it will start.

Ashwin what is the proper way to kick start the bike???my kari never starts on first kick,i feel kick is so hard n that characteristic sound comes every time n it back kicks also...

seriously bro it is so annoying..that characteristic just took all my stamina yesterday...it feels so helpless at that moment

I hope you're not just shutting the engine off after a speedy and long ride on highways, but you're shifting the bike into neutral letting it settle for few seconds and then turning it off. Are you doing this? If not, please try to adopt this habit.

I hope you're not just shutting the engine off after a speedy and long ride on highways, but you're shifting the bike into neutral letting it settle for few seconds and then turning it off. Are you doing this? If not, please try to adopt this habit.

@ashwin. Hey that was so quick reply and with video too thank you now as you said kicker abuse can harm the decompresser and will lead to this exhaust valve problem but what about sriramEfunds's case he has not used kick from last 10 month????

It would be better to put the bike in gear and try moving it around.

The BIKE is made of metal, and metal doesnt have the ability to recover from injuries. 10 Months or 10 years, no matter how long before the damage was done, once done it'll be there.

Anyways am also waiting for PSR sir's confirmation on the same.
If you observe my video you'll see that the 2nd and 3rd kicks are the after effects of the decompressor not working properly.