Non starter - quick ideas please.

hi guys,

my bike has been stood for a good few months at a friends and i need to move it tonight but it wont start. i took the battery out the other day and charged it so its nice and full.

turn the bike on fine, pumps whir fine and it turns over but dosent start.

any ideas on what to try? There are no warning lights on.

would bump starting it work?

thnaks guys!!

[fizzwheel]

Try a fresh tank of fuel. More than likely if its been stood for ages the fuels gone off and thats why it wont start. If that doesnt work take the plugs out and clean them.

thanks fizz,

i was thinking about doing that. can I just mix the new fuel with the old, the tank is nearly empty as it is?

off to hunt a jerry can now! lol

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by pencil shavings

ti was thinking about doing that. can I just mix the new fuel with the old, the tank is nearly empty as it is?l

If you can it would be better to drain all the old out, but if theres not much in there then I'd give it a try mixing it. Mixing new in with old has worked before when we had trouble starting Liz's curvey when it had been stood for ages.

You might find it will take a few goes even with fresh fuel before it'll start though.

fizz , thats the ticket. i now have a working bike and a mouth full of old pertol!! lovly!! the burps are the worse, they make me feel like chucking up!! lol

[fizzwheel]

Cool glad you got it running. Pays to try the simple stuff first before you start looking for more complicated reasons why it wont run.

Umh petrol cocktails lovely !!!

grrr....

back at the mates tip toed to the petrol station to get the tyres pumped up on to find that unscrewing the cap was enough to rupture the perished valve. Que flat front tyre luckly it was at the end of its life, but super annoying anyway. Will get the recovery people out tomorrow, hopfully i can find a good place in swansea to take it and get the job done before the arsenal game!

[Taipan]

Originally Posted by pencil shavings

grrr....

back at the mates tip toed to the petrol station to get the tyres pumped up on to find that unscrewing the cap was enough to rupture the perished valve. Que flat front tyre luckly it was at the end of its life, but super annoying anyway. Will get the recovery people out tomorrow, hopfully i can find a good place in swansea to take it and get the job done before the arsenal game!

I wouldn't be too upset. Better to have happened as you unscrewed it than it blew out on the road! As a precaution I'd replace your front one too.

yeah, a front blow out would not be the best thing to happen.

got the bike home ok now

they say bad things come in three's...


...best get checking