Won't start..

[MdL]

My kat won't start this morn. It goes ahead like it's trying and I end up wasting the bat trying to get her going. She just won't go. Where should I start the hunt?

01 Kat 750

[notec]

Well........gas, plugs......I am assuming by your post that the starter is working. So your either not getting gas or spark. Pull a plug and smell for gas.....might be flooded.....while its out, check for spark.

[TheKlic]

Like he said You gotta have fool, you gotta have far, the tank got fool? den check yo far.

[Court93kat]

Try hooking it up to a car that is not running and jump it off. The battery may have enough juice to turn the starter, but not enough to spark off the fuel in the cylinders.

Worth a shot before you tear into anything.

[Special K]

Sounds she she turns over and over until the battery dies, eh? I vote with Court on this one............let's get more juicey lucy!!!!!!

After that, you've eliminated one thing............

Check your fuel level and check your fuel hoses and hook ups and the vacuum line to the petcock.

Try turning the petcock to PRI for a minute also, then crank her 8)

[MdL]

Thanks for the replies guys. It's like this, I tried to ride it the other day in the morning to work and it was pretty cold. Probobly in the 40s and it woulden't turn over. The starter was going at it but it woulden't go. I thouhgt it was the cold. I try it yesterday and same thing.

The bike was running excelently before when i tried to start her up so I'm sure all the hoses are where they should be. I have a brand new full tank of gas in there right now.


I'm about to go try using a car to get her up hopefully. Can't hurt to try that first. Thanks for help so far. 8)

[Carsucharda]

this might be dumb but are you using the choke?
in cool weather mine will never start cold without full choke. otherwise see above.

[MdL]

Just tried hooking it up to my jeeps bat through the cables, still won't go.

[notec]

So, are you using the choke????

[zique]

I'd check it for spark. Takes about 5 min. It may sound funny, and to be honest, I've never heard of this happening before, but maybe, just maybe...

Could cold weather cause some sort of change in the plug gap? I'm obviously not a scientist or anything, but I was just trying to be a creative thinker.

[MdL]

Problem fixed. ........for now.

I replaced my battery. I may also have a regulator issue as well but we'll see won't we.

[notec]

Check the volts on the battey with the bike running......bring the revs up to 5-6g and the volts should rise to 13.5-14v

If it does, your charging is working.

[md86]

It SHOULD rise at just idle even . Kats charge at idle .