So my bike wont start.

baskie · Post by **baskie** » Feb 22nd, '06, 13:04

made a vid, what u peeps reckon it is, fuel lines are clean, tnak has petrol u can visibly see the fuel drain away down the lines to the carbs, havent been able to take spark plugs out yet, aint got a propper rachet, but was wondering what u guys thought.

chris_1127 · Post by **chris_1127** » Feb 22nd, '06, 13:17

has it been sat and not run for a while? if so it just may be a pain till you get it going for the first time. If you've been thumbing the button for ages and its not started you may have just flooded it. got any eze-start?

baskie · Post by **baskie** » Feb 22nd, '06, 13:20

erh, i had been riding it, started first time, all good, then it ran out of petrol, filled tank up wiht a bit, and its sounding like dat.

chris_1127 · Post by **chris_1127** » Feb 22nd, '06, 13:23

if you completely ran out of fuel you may have just sucked up all the crap at the bottom of your tank. undo the drain screws on your carbs and drain off the fuel, bet you find loads of rusty crap in there.

baskie · Post by **baskie** » Feb 22nd, '06, 13:27

chris_1127 wrote:if you completely ran out of fuel you may have just sucked up all the crap at the bottom of your tank. undo the drain screws on your carbs and drain off the fuel, bet you find loads of rusty crap in there.

where are they? screws at da bottom of the carbs or what??

chris_1127 · Post by **chris_1127** » Feb 22nd, '06, 13:32

i dont know what your carbs look like so cant tell you for sure ;) what bike is it? it will either be a hex bolt on the bottom of the float bowl, or a crosshead screw poking out diagonally form the bottom of the float bowl.

the hole in your pilot jets (starter circuit) is tiny though so only takes a tiny bit of rust or dirt to block it and cause problems. try giving it a bit of throttle to bypass pilots and see if it starts that way

Tom L · Post by **Tom L** » Feb 22nd, '06, 15:04

if that dosn't work, have you recently been starting it up and driving short distances (like up and down your drive) or revving it while it's parked up? i did that what i got my new bike and it gunked my plugs up, had to get a new set and it worked fine.

chris_1127 · Post by **chris_1127** » Feb 22nd, '06, 15:10

that sounds a bit odd on a 4-stroke Tom - when you say gummed up do you mean they were sooty, or oily, or wet?

rnblade · Post by **rnblade** » Feb 22nd, '06, 16:10

THATS DOESNT SOUND LIKE A FUEL SNAG, SOUNDS MORE LIKE A TIMING SNAG, CHECK THE LEADS AND PLUGS AS WELL MATE

baskie · Post by **baskie** » Feb 22nd, '06, 18:41

all done buys, all done, was draining the crabs from the bottom and some shitty fuel came out, then started it up for ages, but wouldnt run, then alll of a sudden fel started pissing out of somwhewre. and then tried to turn it over and iut started up . well weird. sorted peopele. dont tempt fate . get on

chris_1127 · Post by **chris_1127** » Feb 23rd, '06, 10:25

an inline fuel filters worth it for the sake of a few quid baskie. the fuel pissing out was probably as a result of crap jamming a float valve open

andrew · Post by **andrew** » Feb 23rd, '06, 10:30

i couldn't watch the vid - but i reckon chris had hit the nail on the head. Try not to run out of fuel baskie and by a fuel filter.

chris_1127 · Post by **chris_1127** » Feb 23rd, '06, 10:50

baskie - i've just looked at the second pic blown up - you do have an inline fuel filter in the fuel line - see the clear plastic box with the red band? worth taking it apart and cleaning it too

Gingey · Post by **Gingey** » Feb 23rd, '06, 21:06

Ive had problems trying to start my bike too sometimes....i thought it was the battery but maybe everything needs a good clean like....take it for a nice service in a few weeks i think, hopefully that will sort it.