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10-09-2008, 09:10 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2008
Bike: '82 Yamaha Maxim
Location: Ft. Myers, Fl
Posts: 15
 |  Dropped '81 Maxim in yard, runs questionably
Hi Everyone! I'm obviously new here. I just bought an '81 Yamaha 650 Maxim as my first bike. It ran well for the whole day until I got home and tried to park it in our enclosure. The yard is a big hill and the grass was a little slippier than I expected... plop... down I went.  (It's a big bike, cut me some slack, 1025 pounds and I'm 130 lol, takes some getting used to). After some struggle I got it back up and a lot of fuel ran from it (I assume out of normal overflows since the bike as at 110 degrees (meaning the top of the bike was slanted downwards). I clicked to the reserve and tried to start it up. It wouldn't start. So I let it sit for the night and with the choke all the way out it purrs like a kitten, but when you remove choke it dies almost instantly. Also, if you try to give it throttle while idling it sputters and dies. Any ideas how a soft, non-moving drop could cause this? stuck float? I'll take any suggestions. Thanks, -Kap |
