dirt bike hard to start?

i have an 08 yamaha ttr 125 dirt bike and the electric starter sucks so i normally kick it and it usually takes only about three kicks when not hot. but yesterday and today both when i tried starting it, it took about fourty kicks each time. any ideas of what could be causeing this? thanks

Answer
first i would just go through the bike and change the oil, air filter, spark plug.. and then try starting it.. if it still gives you trouble:
once you get it started turn the gas petcock off and let the bike run out of gas in the carb.. cuz there may be a little crap in there.. and if it still is giving you problems bring it to a yamaha dealer cuz they normally stand behind there bikes and will fix it for cheep.. it could be something like a broken needle valve in the carb which was like a $125 fix on most bikes

Electric-start Yamaha dirt bike won't start... help please.?

Kelso M

It's a 230 cc, and the battery is new and charged. It was used a month ago, but the starter only clicks when I press the starter button. The fuses are all fine. The engine doesn't even turn over. It just clicks once.

Tried to arc the solenoid terminals ( my dad did... he connected the two with a screw driver) and it sparked, but I don't think he knew what he was doing. I don't know if this is relevant.

Anyway, any suggestions?
The battery is charged, connections are good... I checked all this stuff. Does a dirtbike have brushes? Could they be going bad?

Answer
Either a bad connection or the battery is not really charged. A click is a sign of a dead battery. Clean the terminals and try again.
Bump start it if you have to. Ride it for 20 minutes and then try the starter again.
Did you just charge the battery or was it charged a month ago when it was installed? Bikes can drain a battery when sitting.

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