Hard Starting Yamaha

I am wondering if anyone has had issues like this. I purchased a 16 ft tiller with a 1995 Yamaha 50 horse two stroke last year. The motor has very low hours and is in immaculate shape. My problem is that if the air temperature is very low, I cannot get the motor to start without turning it over for long periods of time. Anything below 55 degrees and it is a completely different motor. I was at the river this weekend and on Saturday it turned over for 2 minutes and finally went, on Sunday I actually had to remove the starting battery as that was drained from turning over for so long and put a second battery on before it finally came to life. My real concern is that once it has started and warmed up for two minutes I can run the rest of the day with no problems. Even though I left the motor off for 2 hours on Sunday it will still start within 3 seconds. In the summer it was just a simple hit the switch and boom. I replaced the ball thinking it was losing it’s gas but I now know that is not the problem, also this motor has electric choke and electric carbs. Ideas?

i dont know a bought this motor but i had a merc that if
it was not trimed all the way down it would do the same thing worth a try

Try a new starting battery the colder weather needs a bit more power to start the motor and new plugs can get hotter output. I have a AGM never go back.

Ive got a 93′ yammi 60hp tiller. I have had this problem in the past.

3 things you can do. The problem occurs as there is no choke on this motor.

1. Under the hood right in front on the air intake box you will find a red EFE dial. Since there is no choke on this motor you can turn the Emergency Fuel Enrichment (EFE) and then crank it over.

2. Years ago when I first had this issue in march on the Rainy river I actually removed the plastic air box and put my hand over the carb barrels as I cranked the motor. Basically I manually choked the engine.

3. The way I fixed the issue was to remove and clean my carbs. I have had 0 starting issues since, several years now.

Mine was hard to start when the battery cable was a little loose and the battery itself was going dead.

Thanks for the info, I think I will try getting the carb’s cleaned first because the battery seems really strong. Good luck everyone.