1984 VFR1000 wont start. Please help

Hi Guys, im new to the forum and need your help. I had my bike running two years age. This year i drained the gas out and put in new gas also got a new battery. First two tries the bike started but died. After that it keeps trying but wont catch, so much so that i ran the battery down. Need some advice on what i should look for. I have the fuel on, choke is open. It maybe flooded, but i just dont know. Anything you can suggest would be helpful. thanks everybody.

 

time to r/r the carbs, and check the tank for rust

 

I was talking to a mechanic friend of mine who said it might be flooded, and that i should pull the plugs cranf it to blow out th gas and try again. Thoughts??

 

You can try. However, being left full of fuel and not ran for two years pretty much guarantees that the carbs need servicing.

 

yup r/r time

 

Ok does anybody know where i can find a good diy video or thread for Carb. Also what exactly does r/r mean?

 

remove/replace with a cleaning in there for shits and giggles

 

NOTE!!!! If you r&r the carbs yourself DO NOT repeat DO NOT take them off the plenum. Many small springs etc will end up lost and the brittle plastic fuel tubes will break. Remove carbs as a unit and then remove float bowls which gives you access to the jets etc. There must be a video somewhere here or over on the V4BBS.

 

I have an 84 VF750F that experienced the same problems. The main culprit was a totally clogged fuel filter. You still may need to address the carbs, but the filter is an easy place to start.

Good luck!

 

Curious - do you Canadians have ethanol in your gas as well?

I'm not saying the carbs still won't need work, but if it was put away without having ethanol in the gas, that's a silver lining.

I don't know of a video, but here's the second time I got to post this thread today!

http://vfrworld.com/forums/showthread.php/22449-Cleaning-carbs

 

Remove the tank and hook it up to a fuel bottle and see if it will fire,if not a squirt of starter fluid on the air filter and try again, if it fires up and dies, pull the carbs as has been said previously

 

Thanks, im gonna check the fuel filter. I sprayed in some carb cleaner into the intake and she fired up, but died without the spray. NO FUEL is coonfirmed. Thanks all will keep you updated

 

If you hooked it up with a fuel bottle you probably bypassed the fuel filter so that takes that out of being a potential problem, so back to the pilot jets

 

Got er runnin. Obstruction in fuel line. Thansk all. So excited. Time to check tire pressure, and get er registered. Thanks again all. Oil Change probably a goood idea too.:chaingun: