Hello: I have a 98 vt1100c that still starts easily and runs w/o missing a beat--if ridden regularly. Riding regularly isn't normally unusual as it's my only transportation. I've maintained it religiously throughout the years, and no, that doesn't mean "as the spirit moves me.
Last December it was stored garaged for about a month. I topped ogg the battery charge the day before I was putting it back in action. Getting it started was a real chore; I ran down the battery cranking it over, and then had to continue cranking it 15-20 seconds at a time for another hour with jumper cables to a car battery. During that time there was nasal evidence that I was flooding it. Once started, there were no further problems as I used it daily for the past year.
I had to put it back in storage again a month ago. I'm looking at needing to restart it again soon and I'm anticipating the same difficulty starting it. Can someone here make an educated guess as to why it's difficult after a month's storage and suggest what I might think about doing prior to the first start to make it easier. My limited mechanical knowledge makes me think that maybe the fuel evaporates from the tank to the cylinders and needs some time and cranking to start flowing again. I've read here in the past that you can trick the fuel pump into starting to pump fuel through the system by flicking the kill switch on an off several times with the key just on w/o cranking it over. Do I have that right? Is that something that might help with the initial post-storage start? Is there something else that might help? Thank you folks. Jon
Last December it was stored garaged for about a month. I topped ogg the battery charge the day before I was putting it back in action. Getting it started was a real chore; I ran down the battery cranking it over, and then had to continue cranking it 15-20 seconds at a time for another hour with jumper cables to a car battery. During that time there was nasal evidence that I was flooding it. Once started, there were no further problems as I used it daily for the past year.
I had to put it back in storage again a month ago. I'm looking at needing to restart it again soon and I'm anticipating the same difficulty starting it. Can someone here make an educated guess as to why it's difficult after a month's storage and suggest what I might think about doing prior to the first start to make it easier. My limited mechanical knowledge makes me think that maybe the fuel evaporates from the tank to the cylinders and needs some time and cranking to start flowing again. I've read here in the past that you can trick the fuel pump into starting to pump fuel through the system by flicking the kill switch on an off several times with the key just on w/o cranking it over. Do I have that right? Is that something that might help with the initial post-storage start? Is there something else that might help? Thank you folks. Jon