No start...

[garrick]

Okay so now we have another 8" of snow, but the other day it was 45f and i went to start up my bike, and no luck. she would turn over but no start. a couple of times i heard something in the engine "engage" and i just heard a knock, and then i would have to take my finger off the push start to try again.

I did not remove the gas before the winter sit
I have not yet checked the plugs.

also what is this bronze colored push rod thing? this pic was taken from the left side.

[cleankat96]

thats the choke on carb#1 attached to the choke rail (silver thing) which open all 4 chokes at the same time

[garrick]

is it something i should use? i thought it might be for something like that so i pulled on it a couple times and the spring would pull it right back in

[kevin2502000]

If your cables is broke then u can manually choke it by holding it out.

[Kreylyn]

Oh wow.. um.. Yes, to start the bike if it's been sitting for any length of time, it ussually needs some help with the choke. The lever you should be using is on the left handle bar pod... pull back towards you to engage. Don't run the bike once it starts for very long with the choke on.

I would suggest reading the owner's manual, or downloading a copy if you don't have one and reading up on it if you were not familiar with this.

Krey

[garrick]

i'm not that stupid i tried the choke... i just didn't know their was another way to use it.

[bill@accent]

Your battery may be almost dead. Did the engine turn over easily or did the starter just give a few turns and stop?