New hypothesis

[ital916]

Only ever use 98 from bp, except for one time where i put a little 95 from mobil in cos there was nothing close.

[motorbyclist]

Only ever use 98 from bp, except for one time where i put a little 95 from mobil in cos there was nothing close.

ok, how recent was the mobil fuel? i swear every bike i've seen that put in drops aleast one cylinder if not all of them

and you only have one cylinder to drop

meths will soak up the water which is typically a large constituent of mobil fuel


and the battery has very little to do with the sparkplug. will even run without it provided there isn't an engine immobiliser of some description. while a flat/buggered battery is a pain for those of us with electric start, on the RG it's there purely to run your lights


when was the last tune up? is the air filter clean? i have a feeling you're running rich, but i'm not a 2-smoke expert

[HungusMaximist]

Man, I got nothing but praise for you Dushy.

Don't take this the wrong way but you're like the poster boy for the mother of all fuck-ups.

Good on ya for not giving up aye, I really admire that hard 'courage' you have in that heart of yours!

think it's a good time to upgrade to a HONDA aye.....

[Magua]

Only ever use 98 from bp, except for one time where i put a little 95 from mobil in cos there was nothing close.

Go to 91 octane. Zorst ran 98 in his bike and he was having trouble starting the bike once hot, this is what's happening with yours? I seriously doubt it's your battery. Mine battery was screwed, headlight would be flat in the morning after it was last ridden.

Stick with your little Suzuki, I miss mine.

[ElCoyote]

It has a mains (tap pointing down), off (tap is horizontal) and reserve (tap is pointing up). I just filled that tank so i'll go put some in now. I took it to stephens but i changed the plug and started her and she started, should have thought to off her and then start her again. How long do i leave the meths to settle?

Shake the proverbial out of the bike after putting in the meths. It needs to mix rather than settle. Meths mixes with petrol and also with water and BURNS. This will carry any moisture through the carb. Basically you can't put too much meths in but consider you have a near full tank so let it rip.

[homer]

its possible yo uhave upset something in the carburetor ,im guessing it has one
maybe something to do with the bins you have had

when did it start misbehavin

[ital916]

Hey guys the meths seems to be helping, took her for a little ride seemed to be running better. Not counting my chickens before they have hatched so going outside to see if she starts, ill be running her at home for the next few days, can't afford to be push starting her all the time.

[PirateJafa]

Shoulda hung out with Xerxes more ya pansy.

[Squiggles]

Shake the proverbial out of the bike after putting in the meths. It needs to mix rather than settle.

Yeah, get it all pressurized in the tank so it'll just about explode

brilliant.


warning: extreme sarcasm in the above post

[Squiggles]

Oh, and dush, heres one that made me think of you

"I want to thank you lord, so far this day. With your help i haven't been impatient, lost my temper, been grumpy, judgemental, or envious of anyone. But i will be going out in a minute and i think i will really need your help to start my bike. Amen."

[ital916]

Hey dudes, an update from yesterdays startings of my bike. She started better than usual but when i went outside in the evening she was spluttering a bit when i started her. WHen i put some throttle on it was like there was a short delay, she would splutter and struggle a bit then hit three thousand and be fine, so many a carb problem? More meths time? Maybe some crappy fuel fucked the carbs....air filter maybe? lol when i ran her after the meths *bout twenty min* she purred like a kitty on crack. But yeah again will see what happens when i gethome and try start her.

[koba]

Could be somthing as simple as plug gap too...
91 should be ok in an rg, no point in wasting $ on 98 if it is ok on 91.
It should be a bit stuttery when you first start it.
Aint powervalves, they have fuck all effect under 8000revs but check 'em anyway.
Cleaned carb?
Make sure you have no airbox leaks or leaks between the carb and motor, if you do It may blow up - mine did - be particularly suspicious of the the left bolt hoding the airbox on, if it rattles out it can take the carb with the airbox as i wriggles around. Loctite!

[motorbyclist]

its possible yo uhave upset something in the carburetor ,im guessing it has one
maybe something to do with the bins you have had

when did it start misbehavin

it was running fine last time i saw/rode it, but you could be right

i might be making two trips out to look at bikes tonight now

[Sully60]

Hi Drider87
I've been watching this thread since you started it and sorry, I don't know the details of your bike but gather that you've had a few "issues". Good on you for sticking with it though!

I have some questions:

How old is the piston and ring in your bike, or have you replaced this lately?

Does the bike not kickstart when hot as well as the second or third kick when cold as you mentioned?

When you crash start do you have to get quite a bit of speed up before it fires?

I think everyone so far may have overlooked something, I may wrong with my hypothesis but have had a similar experience in the past.

Awaiting reply

[ital916]

Hey sully..it's got nine and a half thousand ks on it so i assumed that it doesn't require a rebuild right now. Yes it won't fire up even when hot , i just keep kicking and it just kept dying and another yes to her requiring a great velocity to get it push started.....do you have a theory..i smell a theory lol The not starting coincided with my gearbox being a little funny.