okay, so my bike wont start now??? i got the bike out a few days ago since i dropped it, and it started up with one click...it ran for 2 minutes and then it cut off....and would not start after. i tried till the battery went flat. what the hell is going on? oh and also. the bike back fired pretty loudly when i started it up first time....what could i have possibly damaged when i dropped the bike going at 5mph...

in brief 47 pages WTF?

can you sumerise what happened to save me reading through :D

check the simple things man..

are the fuel lines connected
is the fuel turned on

sometime soon you'll have to remember the advice you are given..bikes are basic animals. Simple to sort out for 95% of things.

it needs fuel, air and spark for starters.

Sounds to me that the vacuum line has come off the tap or the cylinder head..so no fuel

I don't see why you'd keep trying to start it if it isn't going until you flatten the battery if it was previously working.

Didn't you think maybe you should see what the problem can be? Over-cranking it can flood the plugs.

1. Do you have the kill switch turned on?
2. Is the fuel tap turned on, have you tried reserve? Could be low.
3. Were you using full choke and no throttle?

the kill switch is not on, the fuel tap was on and i also tried reserve....and yes i had full choke no throttle. hmm Porndoguk, you don't need to red all 47 pages :D this thread is just a combination of ALL of my problems xD. hmmmm the vaccume pipe is connected at the tap..but i didnt check if it was still connected at the cylinder heads.. i will check it tomorrow if the weathers are good, because today it was pissing down rain

Check the exhaust isn't loose at the headers/ joins. May have caused your backfire.

aw shit, it better not be, spend a lot of time and fortune into getting them to sit properly at the headers.....

Check that the battery terminals aren't loose, always wise after a stack.

okay, so today i checked the bike..and the vacuum pipe is connected at the heads.. all fuel pipes are in. the fuel is flowing into the carbs as ive checked it. maybe i accidentally drowned the carbs...because it sounds like its going to work...but it wont. it just coughs up and fires abit, but it wont fully start

Is the battery fully charged?