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hi peeps can anyone please help a fellow biker - Posted on 2007-12-17 16:20:10

stevefirth
600cc Boy Racer

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Posts: 122
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bradford
United Kingdom

hey biker gods. my bike wont start. i got a suzuki vl 125cc intruder. let me start from the top. 2 days ago i washed the bike and then i let it tick over for 5 or 10 min. (might not be long enough). anyway the next day i tried to start her up and it was having non of it and the battery went almost dead so then i got the jump leads out and started it from my mums car wich started the bike up within 2 or 3 minutes. now then i went to start the bike up this morning and sure enough it worked fine and even ticked over without my assistance (wich is odd as i normally have to keep the revs up a little). then i went to work on it which only takes about five minutes for my 2 mile journey but when i went to get the bike at dinner time the battery was turning the starter motor (or alternator wich ever ya call it) but wouldnt catch on and after a couple of minutes i tried again and it just wouldnt start. i tried to use the jump leads from two different vehicles and it wouldnt work. please help.

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	hi peeps can anyone please help a fellow biker - Posted on 2007-12-17 16:27:03
si 1300cc Superstar Joined: Saturday, October 30, 2004 Posts: 1535 Location: .. United Kingdom	i couldnt start my gsxr 600 a few years back, took me 2 hours to see that i'd flicked the kill switch......... check all you basic things mate, fuel? spark? oh and buy yourself an optimate, they're worth Ł38 -- What i lack in size i make up in determination!

	hi peeps can anyone please help a fellow biker - Posted on 2007-12-17 17:15:30
stevefirth 600cc Boy Racer Joined: Monday, December 17, 2007 Posts: 122 Location: bradford United Kingdom	cheers for that mate i have checked all the basics but it just wont have it --

	hi peeps can anyone please help a fellow biker - Posted on 2007-12-17 19:05:04
si 1300cc Superstar Joined: Saturday, October 30, 2004 Posts: 1535 Location: .. United Kingdom	will it bump start? sounds like a knackered battery though, prob worth getting your hands on a multi meter too just to see if its charging ok -- What i lack in size i make up in determination!

	hi peeps can anyone please help a fellow biker - Posted on 2007-12-17 20:43:08
spacie 1000cc Pro Racer Joined: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 Posts: 238 Location: Ipswich United Kingdom	I now exactly what you need to do matey BUY A HARLEY..pmsl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xx -- Lead me not into temptation...I am capable of getting there myself.

	hi peeps can anyone please help a fellow biker - Posted on 2007-12-18 08:36:02
rsvar7 1300cc Superstar Joined: Saturday, June 11, 2005 Posts: 862 Location: derbyshire United Kingdom	sounds like battery ......does it take a few turns of the starter or fire up straight away ........... noooo not a harly get a new speed triple -- grab em by the danglies..and lets go for it...ding dong

	hi peeps can anyone please help a fellow biker - Posted on 2007-12-18 09:40:46
kuchenhilfen 1000cc Pro Racer Joined: Thursday, July 12, 2007 Posts: 215 Location: In a bucket under the sink United Kingdom	Firstly, once you've charged the battery, is the leccy start turning ok with plenty of go in it? Are all your lights etc working nice and bright? If it isn't - battery issues to begin with. Secondly if the starters turning ok, are you getting a good strong bluish spark at the plugs? If not - ignition issue, check for bad connections, earths, wet and mucky switches first. If you are getting a good spark, look at fuel/air mix, air filter, water or filth in fuel. Try and eliminate everything systematically. It's obviously something that happened during or shortly after the cleanup so probably nothing 'deadly' serious. Its just a matter of finding it. -- Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way. Oh what fun it is to ride on a one-horse open sleigh, Hey!

	hi peeps can anyone please help a fellow biker - Posted on 2007-12-18 20:17:52
stevefirth 600cc Boy Racer Joined: Monday, December 17, 2007 Posts: 122 Location: bradford United Kingdom	hey thanks rider gods you are all sounding like great people are there many cruiser riders in here. oh and by the way the bike works great again now im so happy thanks. --

	hi peeps can anyone please help a fellow biker - Posted on 2007-12-19 18:29:20
ohsomadeddie 1300cc Superstar Joined: Monday, June 27, 2005 Posts: 705 Location: bottom of a newki broon bottle United Kingdom	i had pretty much the same with my 51 plate gilera dna bout a month after i brought it brand new. turned out it was a bit of crap stuck in the jet of the carb -- THE LIVING ARE JUST THE DEAD ON HOLIDAY

	hi peeps can anyone please help a fellow biker - Posted on 2007-12-22 05:19:59
smileysal 750cc Boy Racer Joined: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 Posts: 167 Location: Shrewsbury United Kingdom	Ahhhh reminds me of that old joke.......... Customer:What's the problem? Mechanic:Crap in the carb Customer:How often do I have to do that? Hee hee! -- If a smiley just passed you.........it's me!!!!

	hi peeps can anyone please help a fellow biker - Posted on 2007-12-24 19:33:43
stevefirth 600cc Boy Racer Joined: Monday, December 17, 2007 Posts: 122 Location: bradford United Kingdom	cheers chaps bike sorted and works even better. it was crap in the air filter and the spark plugs were full o *FILTERED WORD* e. cheers chaps --

	hi peeps can anyone please help a fellow biker - Posted on 2007-12-25 20:58:51
gixxer 1300cc Superstar Joined: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 Posts: 1563 Location: sheffield United Kingdom	hey! that crap was filter lube! if it was black and gungy put it back! -- 'it wasnt me! i only just got here!'

	hi peeps can anyone please help a fellow biker - Posted on 2007-12-28 12:42:36
stevefirth 600cc Boy Racer Joined: Monday, December 17, 2007 Posts: 122 Location: bradford United Kingdom	cheers gixer my man i looked in the manual aswell and it told me to wash it with water and squeeze it out then lay it in a layer of oil and then squeeze it again so i went for that option but it never explained why i had to have it in oil but now you just have made sense of it for me so thanks mate. i also had to drain the air filter --

	hi peeps can anyone please help a fellow biker - Posted on 2007-12-29 22:05:55
goose 50cc Newbie Joined: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 Posts: 4 Location: blackburn United Kingdom	sounds like one of 2 things ... your bats fooked ..in whitch case it should have jumped started your solanoids fooked but will have started but soon as you take off the externanl power dead.... you need to do a diagnostics check m8t work from your bat down m8t i had this problem n it was cured by sprayin the kill switch whitch had water in it n was shortin it out ... all can be done usein a standerd meter test.. hope this helps you --

	hi peeps can anyone please help a fellow biker - Posted on 2008-01-06 21:46:30
Wildchild 1000cc Pro Racer Joined: Sunday, January 16, 2005 Posts: 274 Location: Marion United States	Good one, smileysal! Thanks for the smile! -- I really like this site. Hope that we can be friends. Come and visit me on my website if you would like. I have over 75,000 photos, mpegs, free and pay. I am a true blue biker with almost 190,000 miles on my butt in the last 8 years. I ride a Sporty.

	hi peeps can anyone please help a fellow biker - Posted on 2008-01-07 00:31:06
kuchenhilfen 1000cc Pro Racer Joined: Thursday, July 12, 2007 Posts: 215 Location: In a bucket under the sink United Kingdom	How did your plugs look? If they're black sooty or wet looking you carbs could be running a bit rich. Just a thought. -- Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way. Oh what fun it is to ride on a one-horse open sleigh, Hey!

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