HELP - 96 Katana wont start !!!

[Bharat Zaveri]

HELP !!!

My 96 Suzuki Katana 600 hasnt been ridden for a while
(about 6 weeks). Now it wont start. I replaced the
battery with a new one as the old one was totally
dead. It cranks but wont start. There is gas in the
tank, about 1/4th full. Any ideas?

Any help will be appreciated.

Happy New Year....

bharat

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[Lloyd Reed]

Bharat Zaveri wrote in message ...

>HELP !!!
>
>My 96 Suzuki Katana 600 hasnt been ridden for a while
>(about 6 weeks). Now it wont start. I replaced the
>battery with a new one as the old one was totally
>dead. It cranks but wont start. There is gas in the
>tank, about 1/4th full. Any ideas?
>
>Any help will be appreciated.
>
>Happy New Year....

Did you try putting the petcock on prime?
Does it spark?
Lloyd
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[Bharat Zaveri]

Yes, i tried Prime, reserve and on. It cranks when you hold the starter, but
the engine wont start. Tom
has recommended cleaning/adjusting the carbs and flushing the gas tank, so i
will try that next. any
other ideas are most welcome.

Thanks all.

[Etz]

I had trouble starting too (after about 5 months of non-use). I was a bad boy
and never quite got around to the storage procedure. Anyway, it was about 30
degrees in the garage and with a new battery it would crank fine. I know that
these things are somewhat warm-blooded so I went and borrowed a kerosene space
heater. My friend has one of thes fan-forced heaters that look like a long
tube, like a jet engine.

I pointed it at the bike and after about 15 minutes, it started on the first
try!

It's amazing what a little heat will do. REmember, always start with the
simple things first.

[Brian]

Stephen Packer <spa...@iee.org> wrote in article
<368fb522...@news.freeserve.net>...

> Have you checked that you have a spark?
>
> Your plugs may be fouled and they are not sparking or
> giving a strong spark.
>
> Have you taken a spark plug out? If so can you smell petrol?
>
> It may be that the petrol isn't being 'pulled' through the
> carbs into the engine.

It's possible that there is spark, and fuel is being drawn through, but not
ENOUGH of it. The colder it is, the richer the mixture needs to be in
order for enough to vaporize for the spark to ignite it. Bikes are not
meant to be started and driven at freezing temperatures or below!

My FZR400 is like this, too. If it's below 10 C and the bike has been
sitting longer than 2 weeks it's going to be a real bugger. I've started
it by taking the top of the airbox off and pouring a small amount of gas
directly into each carb, then cranking with the throttle cracked open
slightly. Be very careful doing things like this!

[Rodrigezz]

Brian schrieb:

>
> > >the engine wont start. Tom
> > >has recommended cleaning/adjusting the carbs and flushing the gas tank,
>

> > >other ideas are most welcome.
> > >
> > >Thanks all.
>

Make a Rag wet with Petrol and stuff it in The Hole of the Air Cleaner, so that
the Air must be drawn through the Rag. But before make the Spark Plugs clean
and dry with a Soldering Lamp on a Cigarette Lighter. Then check it out.

Franz (from cold Germany)

[Ok TR6R]

A word of caution if you try this. Keep a fire extinguisher handy in case the
engine back-fires.