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snoot wrote: I'm at school and it won't start again. It sounds like it's going to, but it just doesn't catch. I didn't drop it or anything this time. I tried it with the fuel key on ON and RES.

Good news and bad news.

Good news is, if you're having this much trouble starting it, I highly doubt it is due to dropping it.

Bad news is, it sounds like a completely different problem.

Everyone else has given you some pretty amazing advice, so here's my bit of tongue in cheek:


Shiny side up, rubber side down.


Be safe out there.

It didn't start acting up until I dropped it....

I asked a policeman driving by for his advice on leaving at school over the weekend and he came out and helped me turn it on!! He kicked the kickstand up a few times turned the choke up, (I had already tried it with the throttle all the way open), and turned the little knob underneath (timing adjustment I think), and got it started. It turned off a few times after that though, but I managed to get it home.

I swear that bike hates me. And I love it so much. *tear*

Anyway, he said it could be a spark plug or something with the fuel line. Something is wrong with it, and I am going to find out what....after my weekend snowboarding. =)

Good news is that I found out that one of my friend's friend loves working on motorcycles - and I can probably get him to work on it and for the price of a six-pack will SHOW ME HOW!

I continue to be surprised at the friendliness in the mcyclist community. Amazing. Huzzah and thanks again to all of you!

snoot wrote:I swear that bike hates me. And I love it so much. *tear*

Sounds like most of my girlfriends.

snoot wrote:Huzzah and thanks again to all of you!

"Huzzah?" I've only ever heard that word in a single context. I just have to ask... are you SCAdian? (If you have no idea what that means, don't worry about it.)

The little knob should have been your idle speed adjustment. The officer probably made your idle faster.

Were I in your place, I'd take it in to a shop to get the carb fine-tuned. Small things out of adjustment can make a big difference with carbs. Also check spark plugs, that's easy to do yourself. Hope you get things sorted out quickly.

Not SCA, but I have been known to cinch myself up to the point of passing out, all the while numbing the pain with a cup or 10 of mead. =)

Carb, plugs. Ok, ill keep that in mind. In other news. I got the service manual!

snoot wrote:Not SCA, but I have been known to cinch myself up to the point of passing out, all the while numbing the pain with a cup or 10 of mead. =)

Carb, plugs. Ok, ill keep that in mind. In other news. I got the service manual!

Mead, eh? I have a bottle or two of that stuff (hard to get in New England, luckily I have an 'amateur' brewer as a friend). I love the stuff.

Then again, no surprise: I'm Swedish. D=

snoot wrote:Not SCA, but I have been known to cinch myself up to the point of passing out, all the while numbing the pain with a cup or 10 of mead. =)

Ah. That explains it, Mi'Lady. I was close.