Bike finally starts again, what else to check?
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Bike finally starts again, what else to check?
Hey guys, my bike died about 2 months ago while riding and finally started again. I've done a lot of reading the in past 2 months about how to diagnose different things, and now just want to know what else I should check and/or keep an eye on.
So my bike died while I was riding and it felt like gas had run out of it and would not start again. Taking different advice I found on here, I cleaned out the carbs (carbs were actually still clean) and checked to see if the fuel pump was running (which it was, it pulses once every 2-3 seconds). After doing those checks, I tried to start it with no luck.
I then changed out the spark plugs with brand new ones. My battery was getting really weak and old and didnt give me enough power for spark, so I hooked the bike directly up to a car battery and started starting it that way. After about 15-20 attempts at starting it, it finally started up.
Now I'm charging my battery up to try one more time if I can get it to start off of it before I go out and buy a new battery. Does anyone here have any advice on what I should keep an eye on? I am thinking about doing the fuel pump fix that is posted on this forum just to be safe.
To be honest, I don't actually know what went wrong with my bike. It may just be a combination of a bunch of different things causing my bike to die and not start up.
So my bike died while I was riding and it felt like gas had run out of it and would not start again. Taking different advice I found on here, I cleaned out the carbs (carbs were actually still clean) and checked to see if the fuel pump was running (which it was, it pulses once every 2-3 seconds). After doing those checks, I tried to start it with no luck.
I then changed out the spark plugs with brand new ones. My battery was getting really weak and old and didnt give me enough power for spark, so I hooked the bike directly up to a car battery and started starting it that way. After about 15-20 attempts at starting it, it finally started up.
Now I'm charging my battery up to try one more time if I can get it to start off of it before I go out and buy a new battery. Does anyone here have any advice on what I should keep an eye on? I am thinking about doing the fuel pump fix that is posted on this forum just to be safe.
To be honest, I don't actually know what went wrong with my bike. It may just be a combination of a bunch of different things causing my bike to die and not start up.
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the fuel pump is located on the left side. If you remove your tail piece you should see it underneath your seat/gas tank. There's a lot of info on this forum if you search around. There's tons of reasons why a bike may not be starting up as I've learned. You should also check to see if your spark plugs are in good condition.
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