[Hobie1]

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Welcome to the forum.:waving:Have you tried pulling the spark plugs out and try to crank the engine then? I'm wondering if it is hyro-locked. Did you shut off the petcock when you put the bike in storage? If not, the motor might be full of gas. BTW, if you haven't tried what I described, don't have your face in front of the open spark plug holes. You might get a face full of gas.

Regards,

Hobie

 

[Hobie1]

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So, any luck??

Hobie

 

[Hobie1]

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I wonder what happened to this question? I would like to know what he found out, wouldn't you??

Hobie

 

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I PM'd him. I know that he and his buddy have to be busy getting ready for their trip but the problem intrigues me.

Ride on brudders and sisteren.:action:

Hobie

 

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Man, I don't blame you for being extremely frustrated. I do have one more suggestion for you. Since the bike will bump start and run normally, the motor in all likely-hood is fine. What you might try is dumping out a quart of oil and put in a quart of Marvel Mystery Oil. Then bump start the bike and go on a 100 mile ride, gently. The MMO will act like a detergent and maybe will clean up the starter parts inside the motor. The starter clutch and stuff. You need to drain and re-fill the oil after doing this. I don't know if this will help you at all but what the heck, you're at the end of your rope now as it is. If you can't find the MMO, I've heard of using Seafoam to do the same thing. You might do a search on that.

I wish you well.

Hobie