Motorcycle Forum / General / Yamaha / October 2004

ain't the jets if it runs right. is the choke ok? do you
kick it over with the key off and full throttle 2-3 times
first? pull on the clutch, yank the throtlle open and flood
it, then start with the ignition on normally.

There is something with these bikes...I have a TT-R-225, an '03 model, and
it is exactly the same way.  In fact if it has set for a week or more I have
to use ether to get it started.  Mine has no kick-start, it is electric
only, so it runs the battery down pretty quick.
I think one of the biggest problems is that there is not a true "choke" on
these things, but rather a "throttle enrichment circuit".  I find it VERY
frustrating, I have owned 8 different Yamaha motorcycles or ATVs in my life
and this 225 is bar far the hardest to start of any of them.