Suzuki DR350 very hard to kick start first time.?

sounds like my bike i have a 2005 CRF250R with many engine mods what i learned to do is twist the throttle 3 times before anything then TDC with little gas and it should start.

I had one of those. If there is a starting drill that makes it start easy I dam sure never found it. I think I used to get fed up and pull the plug and put a little gas in the cylinder and it started right up.

Don't feel so bad, the Yamaha 4 strokes are just as bad. That's why I'd never buy a 4 stroke dirt bike! Try some of this stuff and mix stuff together with different amounts. All bikes have their own idiosyncrasies. Find what works for you. --Petcock open, key off, compression lever full open, kick start fast a few times - it blows out old fuel and de-floods engine, while sucking in just the right amount of fuel for starting. --Key on, choke on, piston just past TDC, kickstart lever at top of stroke. Mix and match these procedures with different amounts.. --Throttle open a little bit. --Roll open the throttle as your kicking it. --Compression lever open a little bit (just enough to allow the piston to go past TDC without breaking your ankle LOL & not enough to blow out fuel after it's been ignited). Good luck.

i had a bike that did the same thing.this is what i did.;throttle all the way back and let go, no choke. then turn on the choke. kick no throttle first 5 time.then turn throttle back and let go.another 5 kicks.and do this over and over till it start.it usually start within 10 kicks.

how long since you replaced the spark plug? and had the valve clearances checked? what about your air filter? also you may have water in your fuel.

Soo when is the last time it had rings? and a piston?? I raced one of those in TCCRA and it ran good. But would not start first thing in the morning. Sometimes we had to pull start it. I always thought it was me. Since it was a borrowed bike, I went a bought my own. My new one cranked quite easily. Plus it had a TON more power and a 435 kit from Thumper racing http://thumperracingusa.com/ so my buddy Tim took his 2 to Thumper for the bigbore kit and wha-la, they started quite easily. Our problem was the rings all the time. Yours and your fixes sound exactly like what we went thru. Do a compression test. Or take it somewhere and let them do it.