How to start a Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail Classic 1993
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- Опубліковано 25 січ 2023
- Juan from “Juan’s Garage” demonstrates how to start his 1993 Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail Classic. It was about a month since I last started my H-D and it fired right up. These freakin H-Ds are the Law!
DUH!!!!
DUHHH! Is right!
I didn’t mention that I had not started my Harley in over a month, and the message was meant to demonstrate how bulletproof HDs are.
And you know, you probably have people out there that don’t know how to fire a HD up.
Never, never ever pull the clutch in to start a Harley. It should be in neutral prior to starting. Starting a Harley Davidson motor and pulling in the clutch will cause clutch, primary and compensator damage. Not a good video.
If you listen closely, I say “Pull the Choke.” I agree, never pull the clutch when starting your ride. I could have mentioned to verify that your tranny is in Neutral.
@@JuanLopez-nt1dh I think he was saying that because in the video you can clearly see your left hand pulling the clutch in prior to pressing the start button....To be fair I don't think it makes any difference on this particular bike. Older stuff? Maybe.This bike has neutral safety switches. I don't see why a manufacturer would put a safety switch on the clutch lever that ALLOWS you the starter to turn over (while the year lever is in gear) if it was going to damage anything. Think about it ...if the bike is working properly, the neutral safety switch won't allow the starter to turn whilev the transmission in gear because the bike will lurch. However , once you press in the clutch, it's designed to start even if it's in gear . Why design a button that bypasses the neutral safety switch on the clutch if it were to damage it? I would think it would be designed so it would not start, irregardless of the clutch being pressed in or not.
Some antique machines will try to start in gear and roll...sure. But a 1993 (as long as it hasn't been tampered with) isn't one of those machines.
Haha! You’re right! I did pull the freakin clutch when I hit the start button…damn!…alright, I’ll own up to it and allow me to explain. I had just rolled my bike out of the garage and I couldn’t remember if I had left it in first to prevent it from rolling (yeah another thing folks might complain about). Anyway, making the video was happening very quickly and as a safety precaution (so that the bike wouldn’t lurch, as many experienced bikers have experienced when starting a bike not in neutral) , as a reflex I pulled the clutch and immediately released it as I noticed the green neutral indicator light on. Afterwards, I thought that I should have mentioned to make sure that the bike’s transmission gear is in the neutral position. Had I made the video while sitting on my bike I would have instinctively verified that, and simply pressed the start button and nothing else. Ok, next time I’ll use the following script:
Make sure that fuel valve on the left side of the tank is in the open position to allow Good fuel to flow into the carburetor.
Enable/disable kill switch if you have one, make sure tranny is in neutral gear(verify Green indicator light on tank on) after inserting the key in the tank selecter switch to rotate it to start/run position, on the right handle bar put switch in run position, pull choke on lower left side of tank, crank throttle twice, push start button on right handle bar. If the battery is not dead the bike should start. If the bike doesn’t start, proceed to troubleshoot.
Thanks for the comments!
@@JuanLopez-nt1dh thanks for the reply! I'll have to make sure, but I'm relatively certain you should be just fine pulling the clutch in when cranking. I really don't think it would harm anything on the motorcycle you own, or any bike that new.