u/awidden

I've been out riding the dirt roads on my recently acquired DRZ400E, dropped the bike a couple of times (on the left, both times). Each time it took quite a bit to get it started; a minute or so of repeated starter actions (a few seconds each time). I started to worry about the battery.

Is there a trick or technique to it? Something to do?

What exactly causes it? Fuel goes out of the system or floods parts of it?

P.S.

For the record; the bike normally start like a legend, you barely touch the button and it's rumbling straight away.

Hey gents, new owner of a DRZ400E here.

I want to get a lift, but I'm not sure how much clearance I need to clearly lift it off the ground with a couple of centimetres to spare.

I see there are lifts on amazon that could do it, eg this one but the claimed 37cm max lift does not instil much confidence.

Can someone with a lift confirm the minimum required clearance, please?

Online quoted figures I have found are all over the place. Measured ~31cm on the side stand.