Desperation takes a new turn

**Cayman911** · 13th March 2010, 17:44

Originally Posted by Jonathan

tow bars are for pussies!

Damn right. reminds me when i was takin home the new tv. 3/4 of the box was sticking out the trunk. was alllllllll good.

**enth** · 13th March 2010, 18:26

Managed to get hold of a car with a tow hook and then hire a trailer and get it home. I would never tow a bike, that's just silly. Lol.

Spoke to one of the sales men in that scooter parts shop in New Lynn on Great South road yesterday and he said it is probably my carb. So when I got it home today I got the carb off and tipped all the petrol out. I don't think any water came out of it. I haven't ever parked it in the rain until it got stuck in town and I had no choice. Ridden in the rain a few times but it's been mostly light drizzle.

I'm going to take the carb to that scooter place in New Lynn tomorrow to get them to give my carb a service, $40. Would this be wise / too expensive / is there a better solution / place to get this done?

**varminter** · 13th March 2010, 18:33

Like the man said, try a new plug..even cheaper if it fixes it. Like the picture of the bike that done a wheelie into the cars boot, shame the rider fell off.

**NONONO** · 13th March 2010, 19:03

Love this thread.
Spark plug or,.... take off the carb, take it to a scooter shop, refit the carb, ........it all sounds good. How are things now?

**avgas** · 13th March 2010, 19:36

I have to admit. It would be pretty hard to have a completely failed 10 year old Mikuni.......
My guess is plug

**enth** · 15th March 2010, 14:44

Got the carb serviced, apparently there was gunk in the jets and stuff. Put it back on and after a kick or two it ran! BUT then about 30 seconds later it just died. Any idea why this happened?

**blackdog** · 15th March 2010, 14:51

check petcock in prime position. check fuel in tank

**Slyer** · 15th March 2010, 15:33

Now that you've sorted the gunk you need to sort the source of the gunk.
You should install an inline fuel filter, they are cheap and easy to do.

**Squiggles** · 15th March 2010, 21:24

Originally Posted by enth

fowled spark plug

Those damned hens, roosting in your engine.

**enth** · 15th March 2010, 21:46

Originally Posted by Squiggles

Those damned hens, roosting in your engine.

Hahaha that's awesome. That's going to be my new sig when I get round to it.

It's most likely my spark plug, I took it out cleaned it all up, put it back in, kicked it and the engine turned over and idled for a sweet few seconds then just died. Going to get a new spark plug tomorrow and see if that's truly the problem.