Bike won't start - not sure what is wrong

Started by ghostrider, April 26, 2015, 04:18:56 PM

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Do you think the clutch cable might have broken? Try disconnecting it at the clutch lever and see if you can just pull it all of the way out of the cable housing (the long black tube) Whats strange was one minute you were riding it and the next the clutch isn't working. Adjustments don't change that rapidly, unless possibly some lock nut adjuster was lose and maybe the adjustment changed every time you used the clutch on your ride. You're having a run of bad luck right now with all of these little things coming up one after the other. I don't recall if you said how long it has been since you had used the bike or if you just got it. It kind of sounds like you might need to spend some time giving it a close look over from one end to the other to see if you might spot any other things that are about to fail. It's a bummer to find any but it is much worse finding them out on the road. Hope you find easy solutions to all of the problems.

Single Carb Vision

A good way to look everything over would be to remove the fairing and start cleaning/waxing from the front to the back. Pulling off the tank would also let you check out the air cleaner and gas lines/ rubber hoses to see if any of them need replacing. If you get lucky and don't find any problems along the way, you'll at least have a feeling that you have checked for any possible visible problems and you'll end up with a nice clean and waxed bike.  It's a dirty job but someone has to do it and I'm guessing you won't be able to get Mike Rowe to stop by to do it for you. Wax on wax off.

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