I'm in California so It's not the cold. It's just the first start in the morning seems to require a particular approach for each bike. Like I said above, mine requires 6 cycles of the EFI without hitting the start button and then on the sixth as soon as the cycling is done I press the magic red button and it starts within a second or 2. Took me a while to figure it out. I also tried cracking the the throttle a little and also turning it wide open but doing that would sometimes cause it to kick back. And, I just figured, that can't be good for the starter. A lot of Aprilia new SM owners lost their starters within a week if they cracked the throttle and allowed the bike to kick back when they were starting it. So I can see why the Owners Manual says don't mess with the throttle when trying to start it.
Tony
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