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Originally Posted by alanmcorcoran
Hey virati,
The other guys are gonna jump all over me, but, what the hey.
Is it cranking good? If yes, move on, if no, read threads on push starting/battery chargers/tenders.
Is your plug fouled? This is very easy to check. If you have been riding with the choke stuck on for a long time, it might be fouled, not sure this is really it, though.
Is you idle set too low? Probably can't really check this now, but when you do get it started and fully warmed up, something to look at.
If you really did flood it, the gas should evaporate (which, unfortunately, fouls the plug some more) in less than an hour.
If the next time you try it, if it doesn't start, pull out the plug and see if it is wet with gas. Then at least you know you are getting fuel. Your problem then might be a low spark, short or otherwise bad plug.
If the plug is dry and clean, you may have crap in your carb blocking the fuel or crap in your gas tank blocking the fuel. Other threads on here address both of those.
Typically if it won't start it's either air, spark or gas that is the problem. It doesn't sound like you have an air problem, but it's real easy to check the air box, filter and drain plug. I'd do that last.
I'm betting it's your plug or carb.
Don't light the spark plug hole with a lighter. Everyone will yell at you.
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Awesome. Thanks for breaking it down like that. I'll check first thing in the morning.
I never ride with the choke on for longer than 1-2 minutes. In this instance I obviously had to for about total 30 minutes which, due to my nature, makes me think I royally messed up my bike. But i'm sure that's just my paranoia. I'll check the spark plug as its the most probable. The bike was running great until this so I don't anticipate the problem to be air or anything not directly related.
mrlmd1: Haha, yeah. I had a bad incident stopping in the middle of high traffic once and, since then, gas will never be an issue (as long as it didn't evaporate because of spark plug issues). There is indeed still gas in the tank.
Once again, thank you all for the help. It definitely eased my mind.