Hey,
Just bought this 1983 Honda VT 750 C Shadow, and it worked fine the same night, rode it on the highway and came back, and then in the middle of the night felt the urge to ride it again, when tried to start it, it would just make the sound like its about to fire, but woundn't fire up
Eventually it drained the battery when I kept trying to start it.
I put the battery on charge for five hours, and it was done charging, I tried starting again, and it worked after a few tries, but had to keep giving it throttle, b/c felt like it was going to die again!!
After a while it was okay, took it on the highway, came back to gas station, left it running for 10 min, and slowly it sounded it like its about to die, i rushed to touch the throttle, and as soon as i gave it lil bit of that, it died!
Tried starting numerous times, with choke on/off, to no avail, told mechanic to pick it up, he changed spark plugs, said they were covered in oil, when i looked at the old ones they were clean :S , he said that was before he cleaned them with a wire brush, im not sure if he's lying, why would he clean them with a wire brush!? (not sure!, maybe to see if they would be okay to reuse ?:S dont know!)
Anyway, he tried said he tried starting after that, almost started for 2 seconds, then died, he checked new spark plugs again to see if they got covered in oil again, and they wereclean, he said he drained the carbs and gas came out :| ..and then eventually said he gave up, b/c theres too many safety features on the bike and it could be anything preventing the bike to start, and he cant also find the fuse box!
So here I am, i have no experience with these cruisers, and I am looking for someone to point me in the right direction pls! Need to get on the road asap!!
Just bought this 1983 Honda VT 750 C Shadow, and it worked fine the same night, rode it on the highway and came back, and then in the middle of the night felt the urge to ride it again, when tried to start it, it would just make the sound like its about to fire, but woundn't fire up
Eventually it drained the battery when I kept trying to start it. I put the battery on charge for five hours, and it was done charging, I tried starting again, and it worked after a few tries, but had to keep giving it throttle, b/c felt like it was going to die again!!
After a while it was okay, took it on the highway, came back to gas station, left it running for 10 min, and slowly it sounded it like its about to die, i rushed to touch the throttle, and as soon as i gave it lil bit of that, it died!
Tried starting numerous times, with choke on/off, to no avail, told mechanic to pick it up, he changed spark plugs, said they were covered in oil, when i looked at the old ones they were clean :S , he said that was before he cleaned them with a wire brush, im not sure if he's lying, why would he clean them with a wire brush!? (not sure!, maybe to see if they would be okay to reuse ?:S dont know!)
Anyway, he tried said he tried starting after that, almost started for 2 seconds, then died, he checked new spark plugs again to see if they got covered in oil again, and they wereclean, he said he drained the carbs and gas came out :| ..and then eventually said he gave up, b/c theres too many safety features on the bike and it could be anything preventing the bike to start, and he cant also find the fuse box!
So here I am, i have no experience with these cruisers, and I am looking for someone to point me in the right direction pls! Need to get on the road asap!!
