After starting with no problems, she now seems to just give up

[Matnique]

I've had her starting with no issues until today.  I am a total newbie so as best I can this is what happens: I press the started button with the choke fully engaged.  She kind of starts but this time at a very low idle, just above 1K and then starts to fizz out altogether and dies.  What the heck!  My initial impulse was to check the battery.  I put jumper cables from one of those portable jump starters.  She seems to almost fire up but then starts with that low idle and the idle fades lower and lower until she gives up.  I am a little perplexed as she has had no problems the last two weeks that I've had this 82.  I'm hoping it's not a major problem.  Help!

[kwells]

hmmm...sounds dumb but when I was tuning my carbs I ran out of gas and was stumped for a sec....You full on fuel?

[h2olawyer]

Definitely sounds like a fuel issue to me, too.  Your gas cap may not be venting properly, your vacuum line to your petcock may be disconnected or leaking (or some other petcock problem).  Probably not a serious issue, since it has been running well for the last 2 weeks.

Try setting the petcock to PRI, wait a few minutes, then try starting again.

Weak baattery, it wouldn't likely turn over - or if it did, there wouldn't be enough juice to fire the coils.  Vision TCIs require a nice, strong battery in order to fire the coils & plugs.

H₂O

[Tiger]

:) Is your "V" an "on-the-road" unit or a standing-in-the-garage awaiting more work kind of affair  ???
The reason I ask is, if you are starting the "V" up and running it for a short while, mainly on choke...the spark plugs will be fouled up and in need of a clean... ;) So pull the plug's, clean, check the gap and re-install...if they are old plug's, replace them, NOW!!! Either way, use a wee bit of anti-seize on the threads of the plugs, before re-installing... ;)

                          8).......TIGER....... 8)

[Matnique]

It was a gas issue.  I put it on "reserve" and it fired up real good.  I wouldn't have thought, seeing that when I rocked the bike, I could hear some gas in the tank.  Put a couple gallons and she's good to go.

thanks   ;D

[inanecathode]

Sorry but, lol
Its always something silly