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Bike won't start
Written by sr139fox on 3/31/2012 at 01:02 am

Check the kill switch, don't ask how I know

Dave p

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Marc" <mlipmd@...> wrote:
>
> That's the first thing I did, That's how I usually start it. No go now, just
cranks, doesn't catch or even cough.
>
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "patriot" <pgrwhistler@> wrote:
> >
> > pull choke all the way out, do not touch throttle and crank it; when it
starts, slowly give it some gas until it starts racing then adjust the choke
> >
> > --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Marc" <mlipmd@> wrote:
> > >
> > > My bike has been sitting for a while as I haven't been able to ride for a
variety of reasons. The battery was on a trickle charger for a while, I started
it and ran it periodically 'till it warmed up maybe every 2 weeks or so, then it
sat again. My charging system works, puts out > 13V w/ engine running.
> > > My battery started to poop out despite periodically charging it, it
wouldn't hold a charge for more than a day, and maybe would start the bike right
after being on the charger, but not the next day.
> > > I bought a new AGM battery after not being able to resurrect the old one,
charged it up fully as you are supposed to (was at 13.5V when I put it in the
bike and was 12.9 a few hours later), took off all the right side covers and
changed out the battery. Now the bike cranks over fine, nice and fast, battery
still has good voltage, but the bike won't start no matter what, choke, no
choke. It always started within 1-2 seconds before and has been running fine, no
problems. And now the battery's back on the charger to top it off again.
> > > First I thought that maybe I flooded it by cranking it numerous times and
not having enough juice to fire off the plugs. Then I thought maybe I
disconnected something when removing and replacing the 4 covers on the right
side, but I did this pretty carefully and had no difficulty.
> > > Then maybe I blew a fuse somewhere with the charger? Everything seems to
work.
> > > It was a little low on gas (gauge needle 1/8th inch from the red) so I put
about a gallon of fresh gas in the tank from a can I had (now it reads a little
less then half full). I always put some Berryman's B12 Chemtool in the gas just
to keep the carb clean from getting gummed up, especially if the bike will sit
for a few weeks, but I guess having the tank low I could have sucked some dirt,
if there was any in the fuel tank, into the carb.
> > > Any thoughts other than those and where I should start to look?
> > > I tried cranking it for a short while with the choke off and the run/off
switch in the off position to try and clean it out, but any other suggestions on
how to start a flooded engine?
> > > I really don't want to start pulling covers off again, but maybe I have no
choice, I'm really afraid of cracking the plastic.
> > > Thanks for any suggestions.
> > >
> >
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