Posted on Jun 17, 2009

Bike will turn over but won't start.

I hit sand on the road while accelleration out of a corner. My bike went over on its side while running and stopped running. I picked up the bike and now it will turn over but won't start.

tombones May 11, 2010

Check for spark. If no spark then check kill switch on handlebar. Check the side stand kill switch. It kills the engine so that you don’t start out with the side stand down. If broken or out of adjustment, it would kill the spark. Check for a broken wire at the side stand switch and coupler. Try moving the kill switch by hand. If that doesn’t work then wire a jumper around the switch to bypass it. Check the fuses. Check the operation of the ignition switch and all kill switches with a volt ohmmeter.

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Hi i would think you have oil on your sparkplug take it out and inspect

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