Please help me get my bike started

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by jake

Does gas coming out of the carb overflow when on prime mean I'm floading the carb for is something blocked? Only happens on prime but is that normal?

And how long and often can you hold that starter button before you burn it out?!?

Gas coming out the overflow means that the float/needle valve inside the carb is not working right.
The vacume operated cutoff in the petcock will not allow gas to flow in ON or RES if the engine is not running.
PRIme allows gas to flow all the time. The float/needle valve is supposed to shut it off when the bowl gets full.

When the engine does run, the extra gas is probably going into the engine; NOT GOOD.

You can run the starter for about 5 seconds on then 5 seconds off BUT you need to STOP trying to start it until you can put it on PRIme and NOT have gas leak out. That probably means a manual carb cleaning; about $150 at a dealer.