Bike won't start after being in storage By raulie72 (Read 360 times)

[raulie72]

Hey guys,

Have a Bashan 50cc. Had carburetor problems, solved that. Had issues come up to a valve adjustment. The exhaust valve was at .002. Adjusted to 004. 8 months later...... Carb is new. Filter is new. Bike starts runs for a second and dies. I feel like its a fuel issue. Even if it were to run off of the fuel in the bowl it would run longer than it did. In any case the valve would be loose and cause clatter. Could the fuel go bad in 8 months? I'm going to drain the tank and bowl and fill with fresh fuel. What other options do i have?

Raulie

[jct842]

Fuel is bad...........In 8 months I have seen some fuel that would hardly burn with a match!

[raulie72]

Thanks. That will be my first course of action.

[raulie72]

If that does not help I will repost and see where we can go from there!

[raulie72]

Not sure if the gas was bad or not but the carb was set incorrectly... Fixed both and is running great now. Maybe the idle is a bit fast but will look into it at a later date. Thanks to everyone that helped me get this thing back in the road