Hey all,
A couple times with my new bike, I've tried starting it and it wouldn't or it would just die while I'm on the interstate.
It seems like this is because I have low gas, but sometimes when I switch over to reserve, it doesn't help right away.
My question is, what are all the symptoms that I would need to switch over to reserve? Are they different for different bikes? Is it bad for the bike to wait until is starts acting up before switching over to reserve?
Thanks.
Your normal setting should be at ON. The fuel flows when there is engine vacuum and is off when there is no vacuum. It's a safety feature - the gas doesn't flow if you crash...and the gas doesn't flow (and flood your crankcase) when the bike is off.
Like rockstar said - it will feel like a loss of power - you might literally twist the grip and wonder why nothing is happening, Have a feel (practice) for where your valve is and how it turns from ON to RES. A twist to RES will start the fuel flowing. (So long as you're rolling down the road with the clutch out so the engine is turning making vacuum - remember) If it's taken you a while to recognize the problem and get the valve turned - it'll take seconds - minute (?) to refill the carbs and catch back up.
PRI - that's for the bad news that you already know to be fact - you ran out of gas and walked to the station and bought a can and walked back. There is no way to make vacuum with a dead engine; and the carbs are dry. PRI is the setting that does not require engine vacuum to flow fuel. It is made to prime the carbs after the system has run dry.
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What I would suggest then is to bridge the side stand switch. If the switch stays open circuit, it will never start but if you bridge the wires before the switch then the bike should start and have now solved the problem for the interim or you if it does not start you know you have to look elsewhere.
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You should start by checking if its charging. put a volt meter across the battery, it should read roughly 12v then start the bike and it should rise to 14v much more than this can blow bulbs and boil batteries
yes! purchase a can of Seafoam from Autozone $10 pour 1/3 can into two gallons of gas and get on an open highway... be safe though. Also drain all old gas out of the tank use an 89 octane, also replace 'fuel filter' it might be clogged and pre fill the filter with some Seafoam, and then if it wont start just try a push start and once you get it started keep it going, it might run rough the first couple of miles.if theres anything clogged up in the jets it'll probably clear it out.
like cab715 said... start there.... do you keep your bike outside ? if so you might have water in your gas from excess moisture and could have blown the piston... i bought mine and thats what happened a week later when also riding on freeway... best of luck
I was on my way home from work when I stopped at the stop light and when I went to take off my bike just died. It started right back up but as I gave it gas it would die again. I managed to roll it out of traffic into a parking space. I tried the choke the fuel valve, but nothing worked. It would idle, but as soon as I would give it some gas it would just sputter and die. I got a ride to my house where I got my truck and came back to my bike. I started it up and soon as I gave it some gas, it died. I started it up again and gave it some gas and then it started working just fine. I revved it a few times, but it wouldn't die again. I drove it home and didn't have a problem. It seems to be running fine now. What the heck?? It only has 693 miles on it. It has almost a full tank of gas. What could possibly be wrong?,It's fuel or air related. If your bike didn't have any issues at all, no minor symptoms until it fell on its face like that, I'd wager something worked its way loose. Could be something is preventing fuel from reaching the carbs or something rattled loose in your airbox or carb boots. If something blocked off your air filter it would show those symptoms, or if you suddenly had a huge vacuum leak from a carb boot coming undone. I'd start by verifying you have fuel in the carbs by attaching a length of tubing and opening the drain screw at the bottom. Fuel comes out of your carbs, look elsewhere. No fuel, find out why it's not getting to your carbs. Perhaps your fuel line kinked.,,,
my bike just died. It started right back up but as I gave it gas it would die again. I managed to roll it out of traffic into a parking space. I tried the choke the fuel valve but nothing worked. It would idle, but as soon as I would give it some gas it would just sputter and die. I got a ride to my house where I got my truck and came back to my bike. I started it up and soon as I gave it some gas, it died. I started it up again and gave it some gas and then it started working just fine. I revved it a few times, but it wouldn't die again. I drove it home and didn't have a problem. It seems to be running fine now. What the heck?? It only has 693 miles on it. It has almost a full tank of gas. What could possibly be wrong?,it's fuel or air related. If your bike didn't have any issues at all, no minor symptoms until it fell on its face like that, I'd wager something worked its way loose. Could be something is preventing fuel from reaching the carbs or something rattled loose in your airbox or carb boots. If something blocked off your air filter it would show those symptoms, or if you suddenly had a huge vacuum leak from a carb boot coming undone.
I'd start by verifying you have fuel in the carbs by attaching a length of tubing and opening the drain screw at the bottom. Fuel comes out of your carbs, look elsewhere. No fuel, find out why it's not getting to your carbs. Perhaps your fuel line kinked.,,,
I was on my way home from work when I stopped at the stop light and when I went to take off my bike just died. It started right back up but as I gave it gas it would die again. I managed to roll it out of traffic into a parking space. I tried the choke the fuel valve, but nothing worked. It would idle, but as soon as I would give it some gas it would just sputter and die. I got a ride to my house where I got my truck and came back to my bike. I started it up and soon as I gave it some gas, it died. I started it up again and gave it some gas and then it started working just fine. I revved it a few times, but it wouldn't die again. I drove it home and didn't have a problem. It seems to be running fine now. What the heck?? It only has 693 miles on it. It has almost a full tank of gas. What could possibly be wrong?,It's fuel or air related. If your bike didn't have any issues at all, no minor symptoms until it fell on its face like that, I'd wager something worked its way loose. Could be something is preventing fuel from reaching the carbs or something rattled loose in your airbox or carb boots. If something blocked off your air filter it would show those symptoms, or if you suddenly had a huge vacuum leak from a carb boot coming undone.
I'd start by verifying you have fuel in the carbs by attaching a length of tubing and opening the drain screw at the bottom. Fuel comes out of your carbs, look elsewhere. No fuel, find out why it's not getting to your carbs. Perhaps your fuel line kinked.,,,
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