Hey folks. I've been lurking here for a little while but this is the first time I haven't been able to find what I'm looking for. I really appreciate all of the knowledgeable posters here, thank you! These forums have been a great resource for someone relatively new to motorcycles.
Here's my situation: I keep my bike chained up in front of the house, living in the city I don't really have any other option. It had been sitting for at least a week 'cause I've been busy working with the DNC in town. It wanted choke to start up which was abnormal since it was over 80F outside but started up fine once I did that. I rode it about a mile until the engine started to sputter. My reflex was to flip it to reserve, and it was at about the point where I'd need to do that anyway, but the engine still stalled.
Every time I've tried to start it since then, the engine will fire right up, run for about 5-10 seconds, and then stall. If I give it any throttle it stalls. I pushed it to the gas station and filled it up even though I knew that couldn't be the real issue. Pushed it further down the street to a bar I work at and put it on the battery tender to cross that off the list as well. No change.
Unfortunately I don't have any of my wrenches with me right now so I'll probably end up taking it to the shop, but it seemed like such a specific thing that's happening, I'm hoping someone can point out something simple I might be missing.
Here's my situation: I keep my bike chained up in front of the house, living in the city I don't really have any other option. It had been sitting for at least a week 'cause I've been busy working with the DNC in town. It wanted choke to start up which was abnormal since it was over 80F outside but started up fine once I did that. I rode it about a mile until the engine started to sputter. My reflex was to flip it to reserve, and it was at about the point where I'd need to do that anyway, but the engine still stalled.
Every time I've tried to start it since then, the engine will fire right up, run for about 5-10 seconds, and then stall. If I give it any throttle it stalls. I pushed it to the gas station and filled it up even though I knew that couldn't be the real issue. Pushed it further down the street to a bar I work at and put it on the battery tender to cross that off the list as well. No change.
Unfortunately I don't have any of my wrenches with me right now so I'll probably end up taking it to the shop, but it seemed like such a specific thing that's happening, I'm hoping someone can point out something simple I might be missing.