Bike will not fire?

[98tls]

Ok. Sounds good.. Mine wont start with the choke on.. But it does start with a half open throttle.. Also had a nice backfire the other day.. Made me jump 6ft into the air! Seeing as i aint up on all the mecanicsm and aint no where a mechanic.. Is this a task that is easily do-able?

Yep,take the bowl of the carb and check that the float moves freely,as simple as it sounds.

[Logpot]

Have a read of this: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...-250-bogs-down.

It's not the same exact problem but do any of these symptoms sound familiar?

A call to the Motorcycle Doctors might be on the cards if you can't get it sorted yourself as they helped with this Bandit's carb problem.

[CookMySock]

When I try to start the bike I can't smell any fuel at all. So I'm starting to think it may be fuel supply problem.

You should be able to suck a tight vacuum on the vacuum line to the fuel pump. Suck on the tube and then block it with the tip of your tongue and it should hold the vacuum. Watch out, coz if the diaphragm is holed you might end up with a mouthful of petrol. Suck repeatedly and it should pump a teaspoon of petrol out at a time. Examine the hoses in the area for leaks or cracks.

Steve

[Hopeful Bastard]

Yep,take the bowl of the carb and check that the float moves freely,as simple as it sounds.

Hrmm.. Might have to do that.. Hey.. Gives me something to do while the bike isnt registered eh??

Time to search on utube for taking a bowl off the carb. Yup. i do not know anything, And im not afraid to admit it All i know is to oil me chain, check the bike before a ride, fill 'er up with gas and which is the go faster switch!

[GOONR]

Have a read of this: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...-250-bogs-down.

It's not the same exact problem but do any of these symptoms sound familiar?

A call to the Motorcycle Doctors might be on the cards if you can't get it sorted yourself as they helped with this Bandit's carb problem.

That do be my bandit in that thread.. It's a real common issue with them, carbs fuck out easy as. George from Motorcycle Doctors is a real good fella. If ya can't sort the bike out yourself give him a yell.

[Sauerkraut]

Bike got going again! Just swapped out the plugs for some hotter ones and cleaned the fuck out of the carbs. Got George to give the bike a service and go over the carbs anyway, he rebalanced them and replaced a few bits that were far gone. Bike runs like a dream now.

On a completely unrelated note, where can i get an air filter for a 250 Bandit? Colemans want close to 80 bucks for a new one which seems really steep to me. Any recommendations?

[Hopeful Bastard]

Bike got going again! Just swapped out the plugs for some hotter ones and cleaned the fuck out of the carbs. Got George to give the bike a service and go over the carbs anyway, he rebalanced them and replaced a few bits that were far gone. Bike runs like a dream now.

On a completely unrelated note, where can i get an air filter for a 250 Bandit? Colemans want close to 80 bucks for a new one which seems really steep to me. Any recommendations?

Ebay. Can find almost anything on there.. lol