Bike doesn't stay on after sitting for nearly 2 months. TYG

[Kal-El]

So my bandit has been sitting for nearly 2 months now and it stopped working. Charged the battery and can get it running with the choke on. But slowly slowly the revs start dropping then when it loses revs it just turns off.

Any help?

Want to get it sorted and sold as I never use it nowadays. Will get a bike next summer now.
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[bladeblaster]

is it the same fuel thats been sat in the carbs for 2 months?

Drain the old and put in fresh fuel would be the first port of call.

[Minty]

My bike often goes 4-5 months without starting. Have never had a problem with fuel going off.
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[Minty]

You did turn the fuel tap back on - assuming you may have turned it off before laying it up?
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[Rogerborg]

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[bladeblaster]

[pompousporcup...]

selling you say. drop me a pm if you do

[Kal-El]

It's a bandit 600.

Ok, just tried again.

It turns on, stays on as long as the revs are up. Had the choke on for a few minutes. But the second it goes off it doesn't start again. But if I was to try again tomorrow, it will start up and same thing will happen again.

Looking to get it sorted and sold before I'm off to the US for me holidays!
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[pompousporcup...]

so it will not start again after it stalls, or do you mean it will not run without the choke..

my guess is not enough fuel getting through due to clogged something or other

[DrSnoosnoo]

Possibly not the best, or most technical, suggestion.

If it's been stood, stuff may "glaze" over. If you start 'er up with the choke, for a minute or so, then keep the revs up and turn off the choke, will it keep running?

If it does keep running, I'd be minded to try and ride it down a quiet road, revving the nuts off it, trying to pile fuel through the carbs and decoking anything somewhere.

Now, that is hardly technical but that's what I'd try.
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[bladeblaster]

does it stink of petrol? Could be flooding the carbs due to a sticking float?

[hellkat]

[Val]

[MCN]

Is there an in-line fuel filter on the bike?
If it was sitting any shit in the tank could have gelled in the matrix.
Fit a new filter and try.

If it starts and then runs down it's a sign that it's starved of fuel.
Once it stops fuel can trickle through any blockage to re-fill the float chamber again.

My money if on blocked fuel system.

I don't know of fuel getting 'old' but I do know fuel filters plug is there is no regular flow through them.

You can try to by-pass any fuel filter and direct feed fuel via a bit of hose from a fuel can. If it's only a gravity feed then it should prove disprove a fuel blockage. Without having to gut the fuel system.
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[mentalboy]

[Kal-El]

[SQL]

[Kal-El]

[SQL]

Once you have it started have you tried taking it for a run? are you starting it in neutral?

[Kal-El]

[SQL]

[Bezzer]

. Might be the tap playing up because of a loose vacuum line or the tap diaphragm. Bandit taps aren't that good, turn it to PRIme and see if it runs longer, duff tap can just allow fuel to dribble through overnight and fill the carb bowls so it can run for a short while each day. I've had a similar problem in the past and it was the vacuum pipe half hanging off the tap, just had to run it home on Prime as it'a bit of a bitch to get at without lifting the tank on a Bandit.

[Kris]

Fucked battery.

Next!
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[Suntan Sid]

No one else has mentioned it, try starting and running it with the petrol cap open, it would rule out a blocked breather, if nothing else.
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