Quick! Someone help. Now my bike really IS junk

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< I Fly > · #1 Post by **< I Fly >** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:08 pm

This makes zero sense to me.

I am assuming there's nothing wrong with the engine as it's been running fine.

I push the starter and the motor starts running for a split second then dies.
Illogically when I try and start it again this joke excuse for a motor flatly refuses to start, and I am running the ignition for as long as 15 seconds, shaking the bike violently up and down, everything, and all it gives me is that stupid starter sound.

It even started running again then once again wouldn't.

What do I do to make this thing start?

NorthernPete · #2 Post by **NorthernPete** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:11 pm

hmmm.... probably a stupid question, but hows the fuel, and the petcock?

< I Fly > · #3 Post by **< I Fly >** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:13 pm

Set to on, then I set it to reserve in case it was low.
Neither did anything.

There's gas in the tank.

NorthernPete · #4 Post by **NorthernPete** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:15 pm

pull the line off the carbs and see if you have flow. maybe an airlock somewhere. spark?

< I Fly > · #5 Post by **< I Fly >** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:15 pm

If the bike failed to start would they be flooded?

NorthernPete · #6 Post by **NorthernPete** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:17 pm

they could just be right fouled up from something, check them.

< I Fly > · #7 Post by **< I Fly >** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:18 pm

By the way how much time does a battery have worth of running the starter?

NorthernPete · #8 Post by **NorthernPete** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:20 pm

Ummm, mine lasted a few minutes of on and off before I killed it, when you start to hear it slowing, stop. *L

Ninja Geoff · #9 Post by **Ninja Geoff** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:22 pm

it could fail to start because it's flooded. It takes 3 things for the motor to work. Spark, Fuel, and Air. Fuel and Air are controlled by the carbs, so draining those, and re-priming them (start it set to reserve if there's no prime on the petcock) and trying to start it. Though the easier thing to check first is Spark. Pop a plug wire off a plug, stick a paper clip in the plug wire, hold it 1/4 inch from top of plug, and try to start it. If you see a spark, it's probably not that. But try it with BOTH plugs to be sure, as it may not start if one plug is shot. Now, i duno about Mikuni carbs, but if you've got Kehein carbs on that thing, the bottom of the carb unscrews, draining the bowl. Make sure you hold something under it, or you'll get fuel all over the bike. If that stuff doesn't work, the starter may be shot.

camthepyro · #10 Post by **camthepyro** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:27 pm

Cylinders could be flooded, not the carbs. If nothing else works, pull out the spark plugs and run the starter for a second, that will empty the cylinders.