sseres
XS650 Junkie
ever since buttoning my bike back together (having forgotten just a couple of pieces to the starter train), she's not fired up.
I proved to myself that I (think) I got the starter train all set up correctly by cranking the engine (sans spark plugs) over with RHC off. the little slidey gear 4 slid in and out like it was supposed to and it seemed to turn the engine over. So, put everything back together then filled it with oil.
So, I tried electric start and it just heaved. I tried it a few times then thought my battery might be dead. I charged it for 4 hours, but same thing. Then, I wondered if i'd left a plug in the exhaust port when I put the exhaust pipes on. So, I pulled them off and didn't see anything.
K, back to the drawing board. Thought about fuses but I am definitely getting a crank, lights come on and I pulled off the cam cover on the right side to prove the thing was turning, which it was. Just a heave. hardly a turn over. Like a sick battery. But I'm getting 12v off and 12v on the charger.
Ok, then (remember I'm not a mechanic) I thought I might be able to kick start it. Bike is still on the new HF lift table, mind you -- which, apparently isn't a very good idea. After a few sputters, a few anemic sounding fires, I dumped it (and me) the frack over!
Good news, I wasn't hurt. Bad news, I tore that beautiful seat many of you have written me about, on the license plate holder of my wife's bike parked next to my fancy new HF lift table. Man, at least I didn't have the table up. But you know, bikes suck when they fall over. Gas everywhere, bike all smished up against my wife's and I can't lift it and I'm standing there feeling (and looking) like an idiot.
Luckily, I have a hoist and got it righted within a few minutes. Got the gas cleaned up off the ground. Figured it was time to walk away for awhile.
So, I feel like I'm missing something. Do I have a bike that won't start (that did just the other day) because:
a) starter motor suddenly not strong enough?
b) fouled carb and a suddenly bad starter?
c) some electronic component fried that makes it not start?
Oh yea, and my wife is sick and asked me to come in and take care of stuff inside
I proved to myself that I (think) I got the starter train all set up correctly by cranking the engine (sans spark plugs) over with RHC off. the little slidey gear 4 slid in and out like it was supposed to and it seemed to turn the engine over. So, put everything back together then filled it with oil.
So, I tried electric start and it just heaved. I tried it a few times then thought my battery might be dead. I charged it for 4 hours, but same thing. Then, I wondered if i'd left a plug in the exhaust port when I put the exhaust pipes on. So, I pulled them off and didn't see anything.
K, back to the drawing board. Thought about fuses but I am definitely getting a crank, lights come on and I pulled off the cam cover on the right side to prove the thing was turning, which it was. Just a heave. hardly a turn over. Like a sick battery. But I'm getting 12v off and 12v on the charger.
Ok, then (remember I'm not a mechanic) I thought I might be able to kick start it. Bike is still on the new HF lift table, mind you -- which, apparently isn't a very good idea. After a few sputters, a few anemic sounding fires, I dumped it (and me) the frack over!
Good news, I wasn't hurt. Bad news, I tore that beautiful seat many of you have written me about, on the license plate holder of my wife's bike parked next to my fancy new HF lift table. Man, at least I didn't have the table up. But you know, bikes suck when they fall over. Gas everywhere, bike all smished up against my wife's and I can't lift it and I'm standing there feeling (and looking) like an idiot.
Luckily, I have a hoist and got it righted within a few minutes. Got the gas cleaned up off the ground. Figured it was time to walk away for awhile.
So, I feel like I'm missing something. Do I have a bike that won't start (that did just the other day) because:
a) starter motor suddenly not strong enough?
b) fouled carb and a suddenly bad starter?
c) some electronic component fried that makes it not start?
Oh yea, and my wife is sick and asked me to come in and take care of stuff inside