Dicky65 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Hello I'm sorry I am asking about this on this site but I really need some help. I have just acquired a Suzuki sp370 either 78 or 79 don't know. she is a bitch to kick and was wondering if anyone knew if these bikes had a decompression valve on them. There seems to be a little lever on the cylinder head which I would expect to be a decompression lever but any information that I read about the bike doesnt say it has one.again sorry for asking about a Suzuki on this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slice Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Don't really matter what bike it is to tell the truth we like them all. My only experience of a decompression bike was an old BSA and that had the lever on the bars with a cable attached, I think they all had that as it would be a bugger to try and start the bike and find a lever on the head at the same time, might be wrong! been known to happen:) If your bike has a lever on the head then maybe it also have had a lever and cable at some time, folks were known to take them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky65 Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 (edited) Yeah that's what I was thinking. That there used to be a cable attached to the lever on the head going to a lever next to the clutch. But my dads bike has a decompression release and its attached to his kick so was unsure about this bike and with everything I have read this bike should not have one lol. But reading more and more it might be that I have an sp400 engine on a sp370 bike. Which would make sense as the sp 400 has a decompression release Edited March 2, 2019 by Dicky65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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