Engine stalls

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pharnok · #1 Unread post by **pharnok** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:54 pm

My friend has a new 2005 Ninja 250 he bought it used and it has only 200 miles on it. He's been riding it for about two week wen suddenly the motorcycle would die for no reason. When we took it to the dealer they said that the carb was dirty and needed to be cleaned. It worked fine after that but the motorcycle began having the same problem again. When the bike shuts down it won't start up again unless you give it a lot of gas but when you let go of the throttle the bike shuts down. Any guesses as to what it might be?

TechTMW · #2 Unread post by **TechTMW** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:01 pm

Dirty carbs after 200 miles !?!?!?!?!

Musta bought low quality gas. Or gas from the bottom of the tank.

Try draining the tank and putting new gas in. If the gas is dirty, you will probably ned to have the carbs cleaned again.

iwannadie · #3 Unread post by **iwannadie** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 3:44 am

is it only dieing on start up? hes using the choke right? sounds stupid but i know alot of people that forget about the choke then think something is wrong when the bike wont start.

pharnok · #4 Unread post by **pharnok** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 4:08 am

He says that it first runs fine then dies when he's on the road. After it dies on the road he can't start the engine again. As far as I know he's using the choke correctly.

mysta2 · #5 Unread post by **mysta2** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 3:20 pm

does it die after a predictable amount of time... is the gas cap vent bad/plugged. If it tries to die or wont start after it dies pop the cap open and try it.

stormme66 · Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:16 pm

If the carb has been played with, are the mixture and idle screws set correctly?

pharnok · #7 Unread post by **pharnok** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:03 am

As far as I know nothing has been tampered with or played with. After we took it to the shop it ran fine for a couple of days then the problem came back again.

#8 Unread post by **Sev** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:10 am

Did we check the petcock? It'll stop running after about 3 blocks if it's set to the "off" position.

pharnok · #9 Unread post by **pharnok** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:28 am

Yes it is on the position that was the first thing I checked right before making sure there was gas in the tank

tirion · #10 Unread post by **tirion** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 11:22 pm

This is the exact problem I have been experiencing with my '88 Ninja 600(see thread: viewtopic.php?t=5988).

I had the carbs cleaned after it set up all winter without cranking it (it would not crank in the spring).. it ran fine for a couple months, then started having problems just as before.. I resurfaced the tank to make sure it wasn't rust, switched filter and lines.. ran fine then out on the hwy, it dies!

It will be until this w/end b4 I can try switching the petcock, or rebuilding it.. any help with this problem from people that experienced the same and fixed this would be great! And as always, TIA!!