So my bike has been sitting here in the barn being worked on all winter long so far (temperatures get down into the -10 degree range at night). About 4-6 weeks ago I installed new carbs in the bike and a new fuel petcock rebuild kit. Once all the parts were on I turned the bike on and it fired right up on the first try!
Now I had to remove the tank again to fix the messed up paint. I reinstalled it on the bike and put the new choke cable in place and made sure everything was hooked up as it should be. I tried Saturday night to fire the bike up after 4-6 weeks of sitting and it just makes the sound where it is trying to start but just can't kick over. Is there something I should try that would make it easier to fire up? It is REALLY cold here so I'm figuring that is probably the culprit.
Any other tricks to get it to fire up? I'm thinking put some space heaters out there aimed at the bike for an hour or so to try to warm it up some? I just want to make sure everything is good to go before the first bit of spring rolls around.
Thanks!
Now I had to remove the tank again to fix the messed up paint. I reinstalled it on the bike and put the new choke cable in place and made sure everything was hooked up as it should be. I tried Saturday night to fire the bike up after 4-6 weeks of sitting and it just makes the sound where it is trying to start but just can't kick over. Is there something I should try that would make it easier to fire up? It is REALLY cold here so I'm figuring that is probably the culprit.
Any other tricks to get it to fire up? I'm thinking put some space heaters out there aimed at the bike for an hour or so to try to warm it up some? I just want to make sure everything is good to go before the first bit of spring rolls around.
Thanks!
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