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Posted by Aaron Mitchell
- January 07, 2013, 08:31:03 AMStarted out like any other day. I rode it to work and home from work like i do 5 days a week. And then i went to start it before work and a no go.
I was kinda cold, maybe mid 30's and it wouldnt start and i ended up killing the battery.
I charged it up and killed it again, and this was around 45-50 deg outside.
So now ive checked and im getting spark to all the plugs, replaced them with ngk gapped to .08 like i read on the forums, check and i have no fault codes, i hear the fuel pump turn on and prime right up and nothing, tried with and without air filter and even cleaned it then reinstalled.
I read about the tip over switch and at first it wasnt bolted down so the bike seemed to turn over without as much as a sound, now with it in place it make some sound like there is pressure being made but the bike doesnt even attempt to start, just turns over with a slight huff and puff sound.
I would imagine if there was a problem with the fuel injection system it would throw a code, i run premium gas with lucas fuel treatment every other tank.
I dont have a compression tester on hand but i can imagine that being a problem as it has always turned over on the first press of the button, even in the colder weather. I suppose it could have all of a sudden lost compression on both cylinders but i highly doubt it.
I'm not sure what else to check or what could be going on.
Bike is a 99 drifter 1500 with about 72k miles on it, never any trouble until this week.