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Re: Bike wont start

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:05 pm
by Craigb
Had trouble getting the spark plugs out!

I have a socket for a spark plug, but it doesnt seem to fit? That and the fact i carnt see a thing and its all so tight and hard to get too! I gave up lol....

Anyone know what size fits them? I had a few and neither worked :/

Thanks.

Re: Bike wont start

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:03 pm
by Wozza
Yeah you need a narrow spark plug socket of the right size - there should be one in the bike's toolkit if it came with one?

Re: Bike wont start

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:28 pm
by GooS3
Hang tight buddy, you'll get it right eventually. :grin:

Re: Bike wont start

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:44 pm
by Craigb
no, no tool kit lol. but ill go check ebay.

Re: Bike wont start

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:45 pm
by Craigb
Nothing! lol..... god dam

if anyone could check the size of it? theres loads on ebay but non for the bike itselfs

Re: Bike wont start

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:26 pm
by chrisja2
Buy a box spanner set off ebay, i think the one i use is 16mm, just use a socket on the other end to torque it or grips.

Like these maybe?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/6PCE-BOX-SPANNER- ... 1e561bdedb" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Bike wont start

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:04 pm
by VfRTeddy
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Shit dosn't just break overnight. You using choke?[/quote]

shit does break overnight
started my bike 2nights ago then went out yesterday an she wouldnt start tryed bumpin then charged battery an 2day she still dont wanna start :down:

Ben

Re: Bike wont start

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:37 pm
by Craigb
lol teddy. Its true, it was only maybe a week toppps that it was running before it wouldnt...

Ok mate im taking your word for it and iv bought that set lol!

Re: Bike wont start

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:09 pm
by VfRTeddy
was less than 12 hours for me lol
ben

Re: Bike wont start

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:23 pm
by Craigb
Ok well i finally got around the getting the spark plugs out and cleaning them. No joy....

Today i went and bought some fresh ones, put them in and again nothing... so i decided to drain the petrol and put fresh fuel in too.

Now my battery is dead at the moment so im using a bump starter to tick it over, as i plugged that in i noticed it wasnt giving it alot of power, so i charged it for an hourish and once i pluged it back in eventually the bike started and ran for 5 mins or so.

As it was running i was fart arsing about with the choke and it kept cutting out, it wouldnt tick over without me keeping some revs on it, no matter how i seemed to set the choke, and i could only get it started by giving it just a little bit of revs. Carnt say i remeber it needing me to do that before?

But anyway it eventually died and wouldnt fire again, i figured the booster pack might need charging, attempted to charge it about two times quickly to see if i could get it running again but it wouldnt. Left it on charge overnight but apart from the fact the battery is dead i carnt think what else to try?

Any idea's?

It just turns over and backfires.

Thanks, Craig