Jamie,
My first impulse is to say some sort of junk in the gas tank
that you picked up when you went into reserve.
Any other thoughts?
-Joey
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:59 PM, aardvark <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm new to the group and like what I'm seeing so far. I checked the
> other posts for help with my problem, but nothing seemed to quite fit:
> Just purchased an '83 CB550SC. The previous owner just had the carbs
> cleaned and setup professionally and had new plugs put in. Overall,
> the bike has run well. On my first longish trip with the bike however,
> I ran out of gas when close to home (now I know how far I can go on a
> tank!). I attempted to use the reserve, but the bike stalled and
> wouldn't start back up. I got some gas and after many tries (almost
> draining the battery) got it going again. Since then, the bike
> sometimes backfires at low engine speeds in the city and if I'm not
> careful, it will stall when taking off in first from an intersection.
> I have checked the battery and have good voltage, but something else
> I've noticed at night is that the turn signals dim the headlamp a fair
> bit when flashing. One final piece of info is that whenever I make a
> short stop somewhere (5-20 minutes) the bike needs several attempts to
> get it going again. Any suggestions for a newbie?
>
> Jamie
>
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