motorbike wont start

[mark6453]

hey guys i got my bike back from getting the brakes fixed but now it wont start i had it running for a little bit and then it ran slow then stoped i changed my spark plug thinking it was that but it still wont start any ideas please help me!! cheers, Mark

 

[KTMKID]

take bak to who fixed the brakes and ask them wtf they done. motorbike..lmao!

 

[daniel40]

rev it slowly till you warm it up or try it with the choke on for a bit

 

[Trashthumpy]

1: got spark?
2: fuel on? clean fuel?
3: compression?
4: carby clean? air filter clean?

just go through it ul find wats wrong....

 

[pegleg]

I had the same prob with mine 2day, just a kink in the fuel line, check that before u load the bike up and take it back...

 

[Trashthumpy]

yea id say its just somethen small

 

[cass38a]

Like trashthumpy said its a process of elimination, there will only be one thing wrong. His order is the one to follow.

 

[mark6453]

hey i tried everything i can think of i cleaned out the carby changed the spark plug i took the fuel tank off to see if it was the tap or a kink but nothing seems to be working i am also using premium fuel and its always clean but the fuse for the eletric start i cant tell if its blown or not. Would the fuse make a difference for the bike starting?

 

[Trashthumpy]

na if its turning it over it would be fine. um i dunno man it should go!

 

[mark6453]

do you mean turning over as in starting coz its only started once since i got it back

 

[Meko]

Ya need to work out if it is fuel or electrical (the 2 main problems). Pull out the spark plug & shove it back into the plug holder bit, place it so the metal part of the plug is touching (grounding) on the engine. Kick the engine over - the sparkplug should get a number of sparks. If it is not sparking then the problem is electrical. If it is sparking then you need to look at some sort of fuel problem.

 

[cass38a]

yeah, you will only have one problem so it is a waste of time moving between fuel and spark and you only increase the chances of stuffing something else up and having 2 problems to fix.

do what meko said and check to see if you have spark or not then post again and we will tell you what to do next.

 

[mark6453]

thnx i tried the spark thing then put the plug back in and kicked it and it started first try yay going riding now l8er ppl cheers, Mark