13th Dec '08

After a lot of cajoling - the mech from Naman Auto Sales came to my place to check why the bike wouldn't start using the self starter. After I pointed out to him all that symptoms that indicated a low battery and after he had taken a look it was decided that if the bike were put in second gear, the clutch held down and pushed a short distance, on releasing the clutch the bike would start. A neighbor - who is a bike enthusiast and lots of biking experience at such a young age volunteered the help. The bike started and then I took over and rode it for around 4 KM. Now when we checked if the bike would start using the self starter - it worked. The mech suggested idling the bike for a while to charge the battery - which we did - don't know if that was a good idea. Coz when I tried the self start after he left I was back to square one. But then I used the same little push start trick to get the bike started and rode it to a shop where I could get the registration number put onto the bike.
Then I came back and parked the bike in front of my house. The self start problem continued to exist the next day as well.