When I took the jets out earlier today I could see right through them.I took the entire carburetor to the gas station down the street and used the air compressor there to blow out every part of the carbs. All the hoses, the petcock, the jets, both sides of the carbs, the all the jets, and both t-connectors.what could I be missing? is it bad that I sprayed the jets with wd40 before putting them back in?

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There's a small jet in the float assembly that's easy to overlook. I believe it feeds fuel to the choke, which would make cold starts a whole lot harder if it is clogged.

I checked and blew that out also. I had to remove the float assembly to check the o-ring on that small jet I even cleaned the line that the small jet goes into

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It was also almost 80 degrees outside when I did this work do I don't think a cold start could really matter in my case.. or could it?

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Quote from: newbie1993 on June 09, 2013, 09:09:37 PM
I checked and blew that out also. I had to remove the float assembly to check the o-ring on that small jet I even cleaned the line that the small jet goes into

That's actually not what I'm talking about. I'll go grab one of my spares and try to get a picture.

Well I spent 30 minutes and 5 dollars blowing out every crevice and hole in the carbs.. I admit the rusty gas tank made my carbs really dirty but I was pretty thorough with cleaning

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Can you see light through that one? That's the choke feed. My bike absolutely refused to start in the dead of summer with that clogged.

I left the float assembly home because I was scared it was too fragile.. do you think it is sturdy enough for a few blows for an air compressor?

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If you're worried about that being too much pressure, just use a can of air duster. Much less pressure, still enough to do the job.

With the funnel method should the gas go right into the carbs? Or do I have to try firing it up to get the fuel to flow

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Gravity fed. It'll go right in.

Should it start right up?

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Well...it should, but as you're finding out, it's not always that easy.

Yeah it definitely isn't.. I have been at this for months. And weirdly I made more progress with dirty carbs

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I hear you, man. I was in your position not even a year ago. It's incredibly frustrating, but with the help of the kind folks here I got it up and running eventually.

Out of curiosity, what part of MD are you in? If you're not too far, I could give you a hand.

Baltimore city

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I'm up in Havre de Grace, I go through Baltimore all the time. Let me know if you ever need some help, I've got way too much free time.

Do what you're doing with the funnel while the bike is hooked up to your car battery. Spray starting fluid. Crank. You're car's battery will not die quickly.

I'm 19 this bike is my first ever vehicle so I've gotta find someone with jumper cables. I just bought a new motorcycle battery I just have to find where I can have it filled. Hopefully a new battery will help

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Ya get that battery in there and try again with the funnel feeding it. BTW next time it does not fire up right a few seconds cranking most likely its not going to start so don't go running the battery down like that. Once the cranking slows down you loose spark and in most cases it will not fire anyway. BTW you are using fresh gas right?