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Offline Jore

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Bike got rained on, and now no start.
« on: July 07, 2013, 10:22:02 AM »
My bike's been parked for about 2-3 weeks now, ran when I parked it, rain season has started here and about 10 days ago the got some heavy rain for about 2-3 hours, I wasn't at home so that happened for a few days more.

I tried firing up the bike when I got back home and had no luck. The next day I tried starting it again and nothing, tried both electric and kick.

Today with a fresh battery, I gave it a go and nothing, checked for spark, and that's good on all 4, spark plugs are clean almost new, drained the bowls, and gas looked kind of orange reddish, almost like bourbon, opened the petcock gave it a go and nothing. So I really have no idea what's going on. I'm thinking that either water got in the gas tank or the gas in it is bad, because it doesn't have the normal gas smell, it smells more like foul oil.

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Re: Bike got rained on, and now no start.
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2013, 11:31:14 AM »
Dump out the tank soon. If it got water it's rusting inside. You might flush it with some alcohol afterwards to dry things out, dump again. Put in fresh gas and maybe some seafoam.
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Re: Bike got rained on, and now no start.
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2013, 11:32:10 AM »
It's like I tell my brother all the time, they aren't designed for outside storage.
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Re: Bike got rained on, and now no start.
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2013, 12:44:22 PM »
I had the same issue, not really stated What caused the problem, you can search for my thread " watched the bike now it wont start"..

My only tips might be to store it in a dry place for a few days remove the pointer cover and make shure with a hairdryer etc. that everything is dry...
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Re: Bike got rained on, and now no start.
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2013, 12:53:56 PM »
Dry behind the points cover, inside the headlight bucket, and any block connectors exposed to the elements.
Might even want to open your right hand control, and check for moisture around your run/stop switch.
Check your fuses.

Get a bike cover.
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Re: Bike got rained on, and now no start.
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2013, 01:00:37 PM »
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Re: Bike got rained on, and now no start.
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2013, 01:23:36 PM »
This happened shortly after getting my 750.
Rain and then no workee.
Traced down to iffy key switch.
PO had relocated switch between clocks and put in an H4 lamp plus 35 years of use.
Contacts had started melting the plastic.
Rebuilt switch using JBweld and reseated the contacts in it.
Put back in original location.
Also went thru EVERY bullit connector, cleaned and lubed.
Then followed Hondamans book and added relays for headlight and starting.
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Re: Bike got rained on, and now no start.
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2013, 09:18:21 PM »
Thanks! I'll clean and dry everything and see what happens.

Can I use WD40 on the connectors?
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