Pumps can be tested by putting a finger on them and clicking the ignition from off to on. Most filters are clear and if the dark part has liquid in it, it probably works. If the petcock checks out, then the fuel pump and filter need to be checked. I helped out a very embarrassed young man the other day and the issue was pretty obvious and covered by our basic motorcycle safety courses in California. Riders with more modern motorcycles will have no idea what a petcock is, but it's worth making sure your bike isn't equipped with such a thing. If the battery is OK, these are the steps to take:įirst, make sure there is gas in the tank and the petcock is set to On, Reserve, or Prime. Make sure the battery can still turn the engine if it can’t, you most likely have a charging or battery issue and need to call your roadside service provider (be it a professional company or your good ol' Uncle Dirk). Then check you didn’t accidentally hit the kill switch. Naturally, the first thing you want to do is get safely out of the roadway. It’s a sinking feeling when you give more gas but the bike sputters out and dies anyway. If all else fails you can try riding without the clutch. Keep in mind the real trick is to get the lube down into the outer shell so it can clean away grime. I’ve even seen people create makeshift funnels out of Silly Putty and soak the cable overnight in liquid wrench on the way to Sturgis with OK results. Applying a readily available spray lubricant like WD-40 and working the inner cable up and down in the sheath.Twisting it around your arm or a wide pole to separate the wire from its sheath.Still, in a real pinch, a cable that has recently stuck can, most times, be salvaged by: The best thing to do is use a purpose-made cable lube attachment, available at your local powersports store. The three main causes of cable woes are wrong routing – it's too short after changing handlebars or crashing and, most often, not properly maintained. This doesn’t allow the clutch to release all the way and causes it to slip. What really happens is that it moves less and less inside the sheath and eventually the cable and sheath as a whole start to fuse into one nasty mass that overpowers the return spring. The clutch cable is far sneakier and creeps into your perception as perceived clutch slippage. It’s also a wise idea to get in the habit of checking now and again to see that your throttle isn’t affected when you turn the handlebars completely from side to side. Never ride such a bike-they call that a “suicide throttle” for a reason. The throttle cable normally lets you know it’s going bad by refusing to snap back the throttle grip when it is turned and released. Up until very recently, most bikes have had at least two cables that can go bad and cause headaches: the throttle, and clutch cables. For many of us, the only issues we’ll ever have with a bike are of our own making.
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