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09-16-2008, 02:36 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2008
Bike: 1996 GSF600
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|  1996 GSF600 - Can't Get it to Start...
SSDD -- traded around a bit to get a '96 Bandit 600. It's been sitting in a garage for a bit over a year since the original owner got a new bike... Blah, Blah, Blah... Like I said, SSDD...
I have not yet run a compression check, with only 8K on the bike; I would not normally suspect this to be a huge issue. In [VERY] simplified terms, I believe all that it should take to get the engine to crank would be: Spark + Fuel + Compression. When I press the start button (with the stand in the up position, the clutch engaged, and the bike in neutral [trying to isolate the safety stuff that would normally prevent start-up]) the starter motor engages, the plugs give a nice pretty, blue spark, and it sounds like it's right on the verge of coming to life. It will back-fire, and never [ever] start. I'm completely new at this, I have the shop manual, and I'm just wondering if there's anything that I might give a shot at which is out of the ordinary... Worst case, I haul the bike out to my dad's... He's a retired bike mechanic... I just don't want to admit defeat this soon...  My first inclination is fuel delivery. I'm not positive that I'm getting fuel [at the appropriate time, mixture, etc] into the system properly... http://www.motorcycle-journal.com/fo...t/sign0109.gif Thanks. |
