berth
Well-known member
Posting for a colleague.
Got a maintenance quandary for y'all. Have a problem that's happened twice in about 3 years. Bike ('09 Ninja 250) doesn't start after being off for a couple of weeks (first time was 3 weeks, this time was 12 days). Both times the tank has been relatively empty but had gas. Engine turns. There is an occasional light backfire after attempting for a while, but no smell of gas as if my engine were flooded.
After the first time I have left the bike off for similar time periods with a full tank and not had the issue; I just forgot this time. Part of me feels that the level in the tank is me being superstitious, but that's could be just me not understanding what the cause could be.
Both times, to fix it I drained my carburetor bowls (second time I also had to recharge my battery but that was more due to draining it after trying to start so many times, so likely secondary), so the running theory is that there's some condensation/water getting in them.
Curious if anyone has any insight.
Got a maintenance quandary for y'all. Have a problem that's happened twice in about 3 years. Bike ('09 Ninja 250) doesn't start after being off for a couple of weeks (first time was 3 weeks, this time was 12 days). Both times the tank has been relatively empty but had gas. Engine turns. There is an occasional light backfire after attempting for a while, but no smell of gas as if my engine were flooded.
After the first time I have left the bike off for similar time periods with a full tank and not had the issue; I just forgot this time. Part of me feels that the level in the tank is me being superstitious, but that's could be just me not understanding what the cause could be.
Both times, to fix it I drained my carburetor bowls (second time I also had to recharge my battery but that was more due to draining it after trying to start so many times, so likely secondary), so the running theory is that there's some condensation/water getting in them.
Curious if anyone has any insight.
