new rider....up a creek

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20 Mar 2012 19:29 #510901 by Topper
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Check for spark.

Permanent and perpetual noob.

1979 KZ750 Twin
2009 Kawasaki Versys

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20 Mar 2012 19:53 #510904 by blu.sky716
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I can see the electricity arch when I tested....lemon bike?

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28 Mar 2012 16:54 #512585 by blu.sky716
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I got the bike running....kind of.

Problems:
1) Died mid-ride going up a hill. Jump started it, rode it, died half mile later...
2) Vacuum line was cracked at connecting ends, snipped the ends and reconnected vacuum line (I thought the issue was a lack of vacuum)
3) Got the bike running, but it's now pissing gas out of the left exhaust pipe (I'm no mechanic, but that can NOT be a good sign.)

Bike will not start again. Back to the old drawing board.

Tips? Tricks? Input? Insults?
Ramble on,
Blu.sky

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28 Mar 2012 17:53 #512591 by Patton
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blu.sky716 wrote: ...pissing gas out of the left exhaust pipe (I'm no mechanic, but that can NOT be a good sign.)....

Crankcase oil might be diluted with gasoline.
Would sniff-test the crankcase oil and examine its condition.

Good Fortune! :)

1973 Z1
KZ900 LTD

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