2000, 1200c will not start. new battery, stator, has fuel. throttle cable looks to be working. cant tell if choke is working. turns over.but sounds like no gas. also i have noticed more backfire than usual.

 

Have you, Checked that the petcock is turned on? Removed a spark plug and checked for spark when you crank the engine? Removed the A/C and looked to see if you can see fuel squirt into the carb throat when you twist the throttle?

 

wil do!

 

Also...and I say this often...because this little bastard pisses me off so bad I'm about upgrade my ignition to get rid of it...if everything checks out...make sure that DAMN VOES switch tests OK and is hooked up right.

I hate that damn thing, and I'm pretty sure the feeling is mutual. [:@]

 

not sure if your bike has it or not, but if you have a vacuum operated petcock, check out the vacume line to it. If it's cracked or leaking it'll lock up the petcock and no fuel will flow even though the valve is turned open. To know ifyour petcock is a vacuum operated one, basically it'll have another line attacted to it other than the fuel line. Other than that like others mentioned check for spark and take the ac off while trying to start it to see if fuell is getting sucked in or not.

 

have not moved or even touched petcok, removed spark plug to make shure it has fire. could it be the choke cable? not leaking fuel either.

 

got it fixed,$5.00part ,$50.00 labor fuel line to the petcock came loose. live and learn. thanks to all for your help.