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View Poll Results: So how many goes before it started
Fired first press of the starter 26 50.98%
Fired second press of the starter 5 9.80%
Fired third press of the starter 6 11.76%
Fired fourth press of the starter 2 3.92%
Fired fifth press of the starter 1 1.96%
Fired sixth press of the starter 3 5.88%
fired seventh press of the starter 3 5.88%
Fired eight press of the starter 0 0%
Fired nineth press of the starter 0 0%
Didnt start at all / Keithd 5 9.80%
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Old 03-04-09, 06:52 PM   #1
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Default Just for fun, Liz's Duke

OK guess how many presses of the starter button it took to start Liz's Ducati 749S this evening.

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Bike has been stood in our garage since the AR08 its not been ridden or moved. The battery was removed from it and connected to the optimate and its been charged for a couple of weeks and reached a fully charged state mid week. Battery was put into the bike and then we decided to see if it would start.

So how many presses of the starter do you think it took before it fired and ran.

No prizes or nothing just a bit of fun.
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Old 03-04-09, 06:53 PM   #2
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11.
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Old 03-04-09, 06:55 PM   #3
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Trick question?

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Old 03-04-09, 06:55 PM   #4
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1st, what do i win?
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Old 03-04-09, 07:00 PM   #5
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I went 3 - first two just to prime everything up.....
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Old 03-04-09, 07:03 PM   #6
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No priming required, didn't even have the choke/cold start on.
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Old 03-04-09, 07:04 PM   #7
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Default Re: Just for fun, Liz's Duke

second, they seem to prefer it, after a while sat still. My bikes do anyway!
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Old 03-04-09, 07:26 PM   #8
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My mates Ducati blew it's reg/rec today, so with that in mind, I bet it wasn't easy! I guess six presses!

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Going to keep you guessing for a little while longer yet...
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Old 03-04-09, 07:30 PM   #10
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It's a Duke so I bet it didn't start at all. Ever since this 1098 at the Bucket Shop kept stalling out on idle, I have no faith in those damn Italian machines!
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