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i started it this morning and it seemed to run on 2 cylinders untill it cleaned itself out ran good on the way to work really seems like i have a bad plug or two no other symtoms fi light normal i stopped and topped off the tank with super i am going to order a set of plugs

any suggestions as to why this all started it seems like nothing ever happened should i sell her and get a harley?

so i should shut off the motor to check the oil who would have known

thanks to all went out sunday morning and after sitting for almost two weeks it started did not even crank for 2 seconds when it fired up. So i am sure it just got flooded some how. i ran it for almost 120 miles yesterday ran strong as ever. I don't know why it flooded (old gas, wet motor, ???) so the question is what next do i ride her and see if it happpens again? :icon_think:

Thanks adam i really appreciate the help i believe it is something simple. i will (with all the help) get it running real soon with gas as high as it is i need to. i will be in touch and yes the first thing i will do is check for spark Steve

yea upped the house to 200 amp i am going to put a milling machine and a small lathe in the garage next week oh yea i almost forget the bike lift

i took a week vacation to finish the new garage bike has not even been looked at in over a week. hope to get it sorted out soon i will try pulling the fuse and drying it out i still think it is flooded new garage is awsome even has 100 amp service and is 200+ feet from the house

I AM GOING TO PULL THE PLUGS AND HAVE A LOOK THIS MORNING THAT SHOULD SHED SOME LIGHT

i am going to so.carolina in june if it is not fixed i will drop it off on the way i will do some checking this weekend hope i can find the problem if not i have a backhoe a 6 ft. deep hole should fix the problem

yea i know i will check befor i do anything else. that is a good way i will get a vom and check if i have current

no mods i tried the battery on the battery all i took off was the neg. terminal is that o.k. i unpluged the cdi box under the rear end for a few minutes to see if it would reset. i am going to pull the plugs i will check for spark a the same time. 13000 miles but i have seen brand new plugs junk think i should remove the gas tank and flush it to be sure no water in there? and i ran the bike last week ran real good but this is the 2nd time with this problem 1st time it started after a while thats why i think spark plugs it has safty switches but they will not let it even turn over but i will still try it

could this thing be flooded ? is that 50 bucks still on the table some one make me a realistic offer

i don't thik it is under warrenty i though it was 1 yr.

THE FI LIGHT DOES GO OUT AND THE PUMP STOPS THE FUEL SMELL IS FROM THE PIPES STILL IN THE DARK IF THERE IS A SPARK HAVE NOT CHECKED THAT YET AND ABOUT THAT SUPPORT GROUP I AM USING IT YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!! SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS I WRITE MACHINE PROGRAMS ON THIS COMPUTER AND ALWAYS USE caps..

fi light turns off after about 30 seconds i give up i am going bikeless this year

Kill Switch I have had a few of them go faulty on me over the years.. What you need to do is follow the loom down from the switch assembly and unplug it from the main loom.. Turn the ignition on, and using a big wrench, short across the two BIG terminals on the starter solenoid ( it will spark as it will draw a lot of current, but it will make the starter fire up ) If she fires you know the problem is in the kill switch for sure.. i have these directions from another forumn so i will try the kill switch thing tonight and look at the fuses i have been told by a number of fellow bird riders that the killl switch should be the first thing i try.

but if it was the kill swiitch would it still crank over?

fi light stays on i will try jumping the terminals to get a error code (if there is one) there has not been one yet.

don't have either

i will check for spark i might need to pull a plug to do this

sorry about the cap locks i did the air cleaner but i has run after that almost a tank of fuel all i did was to prop up the tank nothing was removed i can smell fuel when it is cranking over

2002 WILL NOT START CAN SMELL FUEL SEAMS THERE IS NO SPARK THIS HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO ALSO, RAN FINE FOR A WEEK THAN HAPPENED AGAIN :icon_wall: ANY IDEAS IT TURNS OVER FINE I HAVE NOT CHECK FOR FI CODES YET I HAS FUEL I CAN HEAR THE PUMP KICK ON THAN STOP :icon_wall: MAYBE WATER IN THE GAS? :icon_wall:

won't it pull to one side it will also cup your tires

just had the same problem cleaned air filter charged battery after a few minutes cranking (on and off of coarse) if fired i suspect fouled plugs (i think some water got sprayed in to ram air ducks) a good 100mph run seemed to clean it out I was happy as a pig is shit when it started like i said in the posts lookng for help i had a sick feeling in my gut for 3 days 02bird

fuel pump sounds like always did hear it pretty good do you know about the tach if is supposed to jump about when trying to start?