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Title: Help! Bike won't start!
Post by: brixtonanimal on August 31, 2017, 10:29:34 AM

So I haven't ridden the X in about a month and a half. Been out of town and left the battery tender on, with a full tank of gas. When I took the tender off, pulled the bike out of the garage and fired it up, it just kept cranking over and over and over. It started up a few times for about .5 second-2 seconds at a time but would die. The little battery cranked that thing over many many times, i'm impressed with the battery but not impressed that I can't ride.

What are the first things that I should check? What would have corroded over a month and a half that would make the bike do this?

Title: Re: Help! Bike won't start!
Post by: brixtonanimal on August 31, 2017, 10:34:40 AM

I'm going to go through the service handbook this evening after work, but if there are any obvious culprits, i'd love to hear thoughts!

Title: Re: Help! Bike won't start!
Post by: wytfut on September 01, 2017, 05:40:05 AM

Brix....
Here's where I'd go first..
Our Xs ate persnickety about fuel...and I know you haven't had this X long.
Check fuel lines and injectors
Check fuel pump pressure
And check spark

Get that done hopefully she'll start.. in not come on back
Bruce

Title: Re: Help! Bike won't start!
Post by: brixtonanimal on September 01, 2017, 01:01:57 PM

Looks like it was actually old fuel! An easy fix. I siphoned the gas out and put new stuff in last night and it fired up this morning. Pretty easy fix, though I'm surprised it went bad after only a month and a half

Title: Re: Help! Bike won't start!
Post by: wytfut on September 01, 2017, 05:28:04 PM

Very Cool...
unfortunately, and I cannot prove this, as I'm not gasoline expert...
BUT todays fuels are very hi tech, with all sorts of chemicals in it....   
it get sour quick, especially if it sits still....
from my experience anyways....
Glad to hear its back on the road

Title: Re: Help! Bike won't start!
Post by: 2CoolWheels on September 03, 2017, 01:32:01 PM

Bruce,
   You are correct. Gasoline these days isn't what it used to be, and a major contributor to it's poor quality is ethanol. It separates from the real gasoline, and starts corroding components. It is also less energy dense, so it provides less power, making our fuel economy worse. Avoid ethanol if you can. I also recommend using a product like "Sta-bil" in fuel systems that are expected to sit for more than a month. It does keep the chemicals from separating.

Title: Re: Help! Bike won't start!
Post by: Jumper on September 10, 2017, 03:15:04 PM

Keep your X running! Ride it and burn out the old gas!!
Jumper
 :o