I've stabilised bikes that wouldn't start till I sprayed starting
fluid in the air box, such was the case with my 1983 Honda 450. The
cold and being an 80's Honda I think.
On Apr 1, 2010, at 4:48 AM, Rense wrote:
I put it into hibernation just before Christmas. Then, it wouldn't
start either, which at the time I attributed to the freezing
temperatures (I'm in the Netherlands). I had it picked up by the guy
who runs my motorcycle storage place, and he supposedly then
winterized it. However when I wanted to start riding again last month
it still wouldn't start. Sparks are good, starter works fine, but the
engine just wouldn't fire up. The mechanic eventually got it running
by spraying brake cleaner into the cylinder and carbs, after which I
took it for a ride and everything seemed fine... my current theory is
that when the mechanic winterized it, he used fuel stabilizer but
failed to run the engine afterwards, leaving the bike with dirty carbs
and cylinders over winter. On the other hand, this bike never started
easily anyway. Any competing theories?
On Mar 22, 12:30 pm, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote:
Mine didn't start when I bought it. It had sat for 6 -8 months. I
cleaned the carbs, checked the plugs and put it back together and
started fine. I sold it on the weekend. It ran great once it warmed
up. Why won't yours start? How long since it last ran?
On Mar 22, 2010, at 6:07 AM, Rense wrote:> On Mar 18, 12:03 pm,
Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote:
The '83 has silver (chrome actually) with a single color border as
does yours - gray I think, the bike had them on before I had it
repainted. I ordered decals and what I got was for an '82 -
chrome
with a black and red border so I just used them. I have the
bike on
Craigslist. Does yours take a long time to warm up?
I think it needs 5-10 minutes before it runs smoothly - would you
call
that long? (But at the moment it doesn't start at all :-( )
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