Ok, so let me tell you a bit about my CBR600. It ran fine for the last few weeks, no problems at all (I am at college, before that the bike was still at home). I put 500 miles on it. Then, on Saturday, it wouldn't start.
Great. I changed the battery in August, replaced the spark plugs, and I don't think it could be carbs/jets because those problems are associated to long periods of inactivity (like several months), which the bike hasn't had since I brought it up. It's not gas: there is still 3/4 of a tank in there.
So what can it be? I don't know. It will start, but can't hold idle. If I rev it, it stalls. This was on Saturday. I tried 3 different times during the day and it never ran long enough to warm up before it stalled out. This is after I rode it 25 miles the day before.
Most of the people I asked were baffled; it didn't really fit with any problems they had seen before. Someone on here said it might be a pinched hose.
Sunday: fuckit, I didn't even try.
Today (Monday); try again. Nope, not lucky enough to have it idle to the point of stalling, because it didn't start at all. No matter what. About this time is when I notice a 2 foot long, black vaccuum hose on the ground next to the bike. One side has been broken, the other side looks like it was pulled off the nipple. Not cool.
Which brings me to WTF?! Is this the problem? Was some little shit-faced asshole fucking with my bike this weekend? I park at a bicycle rack, and I chain it to the side. Why is there a vaccum hose at a bicycle rack if it isn't from my bike? Dammit, I am so pissed off. I hate to be paranoid, but right now someone vandalizing my stuff seems to be the most plausible explanation. : (
Great. I changed the battery in August, replaced the spark plugs, and I don't think it could be carbs/jets because those problems are associated to long periods of inactivity (like several months), which the bike hasn't had since I brought it up. It's not gas: there is still 3/4 of a tank in there.
So what can it be? I don't know. It will start, but can't hold idle. If I rev it, it stalls. This was on Saturday. I tried 3 different times during the day and it never ran long enough to warm up before it stalled out. This is after I rode it 25 miles the day before.
Most of the people I asked were baffled; it didn't really fit with any problems they had seen before. Someone on here said it might be a pinched hose.
Sunday: fuckit, I didn't even try.
Today (Monday); try again. Nope, not lucky enough to have it idle to the point of stalling, because it didn't start at all. No matter what. About this time is when I notice a 2 foot long, black vaccuum hose on the ground next to the bike. One side has been broken, the other side looks like it was pulled off the nipple. Not cool.
Which brings me to WTF?! Is this the problem? Was some little shit-faced asshole fucking with my bike this weekend? I park at a bicycle rack, and I chain it to the side. Why is there a vaccum hose at a bicycle rack if it isn't from my bike? Dammit, I am so pissed off. I hate to be paranoid, but right now someone vandalizing my stuff seems to be the most plausible explanation. : (