help!!! bike won't start!!

[glanzav]

hi.. i have a cbr250. just had a cruise 2weeks ago but today when i try to start the bike the engine was running for 20sec and died by it self. so i pulled chock and started again but died after 20sec again.so i turned the fuel button and now it's not even going to start. can anyone help me to make it go again? any help will be great.:ride:
cheers

[Ixion]

Is there plenty of petrol in the tank?

[glanzav]

yep..there is 1/4 tank of petrol in there.
cheers

[Ixion]

Does the fuel tap have a PRIME position and have you tried it in that position.

If it ran OK for 20secinds and died it is probably lack of fuel.Try filling the tank up.

[glanzav]

thanks for the reply.
will try it tomorrow.
cheers

[Fox Rider]

Hey,
Had similar problems with my bike but mine had a prime switch... Flicked it round to that for 6 seconds, flick it back and starts first time every time now... but we also found that the spark plug leads were in the wrong slots and apparently that makes a different (am no bike mechnic so dont really know) but from what i saw, and it helped...

[IronicCapers]

SPARKPLUG a good idea to start with