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Posted by costeve1977
- March 11, 2016, 09:30:03 AMI have a fair amount of mechanical know how and some experience with older carbed bikes but my wife's "new to her" Drifter 1500 has me a bit stumped. She recently upgraded from a Drifter 800 to this one and she absolutely loves this bike! Well until this past weekend...
So the bike cranked right up without hesitation after sitting in the garage for about a week, we rode about 2 miles to a gas station where she filled up (Bike Ran just Fine!). When she goes to re-crank it, it simply turns over but wont catch. We left on my bike and came back about an hour later and it cranked up with little issue at all, and again ran just fine! I replicated this at home a few more times through out the day - Same situation. This happened once before a few weeks ago when it was cranked up and idling in the driveway but honestly I figured it was just a fluke.
So as we are turning it over at first (when we couldn't get it to start), I am smelling gas. No Problem! I take a look over the bike and notice the idle adjustment and the choke and immediately thought that a float must be getting stuck in the carb, keeping the bowl overfilled. I figured I would just get it home and pull the carbs and clean them out.
Well as I am looking online this morning to get some tips before I start, I notice that it appears that this bike is listed as FI only and doesn't have a carb? Now this ignorant old boy is confused and needs any advice that someone can offer! has any one experienced something like this before? I have NO experience with Throttle Body FI systems so I am absolutely lost!