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This probably could have gone in the mechanics section but I was hoping for a faster response. Mods move this thread if necessary. Well to start off my bike won't start right now. I commute on the weekends and occasionally go for rides during the week. The bike starts up every time without any problems. Now for some hhistory. My choke cabel seized and I rode with the choke on to work and back about 40 mile round trip. 
Good one, I know. So I d/c the cable and continued the ride the bike with 2 fouled plugs for about aother 3 days. Figured out the plugs needed to be changed and did that. When I put the new plugs in, I accidently disconnected the fuel line from the petcock. So I drained the battery trying to start the bike with no fuel. When the battery died I jumped it and continued to start it for a few hours before I realized the fuel line was not on. When I put the fuel line back on, I jumped it off my truck and it finally started. Took it for a spin and everything was good. Started riding ti to work again and it ran great. Also I had it in the driveway couple days after that and out of the frikkin blue it started raining so my bike sat in about an hour long shower. Then next day I went out to go to work and start the bike and it cranked over like 2 times and died. It hasn't ever done that before. So I took the truc to work that day and when I got home I tried to jump it off. The lights were barely on they were so dim. I could barely get it to crank over. The truck has a brand new battery in it litterally I bought it like a week ago. I figured it would jump it off easily but no juice to the bike at all. Rechecked the jumper cable connections and no juice. BTW I got a new battery put in when I bought the bike a year ago and I rode it all year. So did the battery take a crap or could it be something else?
Good one, I know. So I d/c the cable and continued the ride the bike with 2 fouled plugs for about aother 3 days. Figured out the plugs needed to be changed and did that. When I put the new plugs in, I accidently disconnected the fuel line from the petcock. So I drained the battery trying to start the bike with no fuel. When the battery died I jumped it and continued to start it for a few hours before I realized the fuel line was not on. When I put the fuel line back on, I jumped it off my truck and it finally started. Took it for a spin and everything was good. Started riding ti to work again and it ran great. Also I had it in the driveway couple days after that and out of the frikkin blue it started raining so my bike sat in about an hour long shower. Then next day I went out to go to work and start the bike and it cranked over like 2 times and died. It hasn't ever done that before. So I took the truc to work that day and when I got home I tried to jump it off. The lights were barely on they were so dim. I could barely get it to crank over. The truck has a brand new battery in it litterally I bought it like a week ago. I figured it would jump it off easily but no juice to the bike at all. Rechecked the jumper cable connections and no juice. BTW I got a new battery put in when I bought the bike a year ago and I rode it all year. So did the battery take a crap or could it be something else?
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) , and the donor battery was pretty grimy at the posts , so had to work a bit to get a good connection ....
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