I've got a '95 Yamaha FZR600R and I can't get it to start. I think I may of flooded it but i dont know hwo to fix it. It will keep trying to crank but wont turn over. I already tried a little WD40 down the ram-air tubes and that didnt help much... Ive tried it with full choke, no choke, half choke.. i have no clue.. PLEASE HELP!! thank you

 

might be a shot in the dark, but did you try pushstarting it?

 

Well, i thought about doing that but then i thought, the starter is trying to turn it over, my pushing it would be the same effect. I'm thinking about pulling the plugs, i just dont feel like taking the tank and stuff off, ive never done it, and i wouldnt know where to start.

 

There are so many reasons why your bike won't start. If the battery is dead, try push starting it or recharge the battery. If you think the plugs are fouled, replace them. If you the the carbs are flooded, open the drain screw and let the excess gas out...

 

Any idea where the drain screw on the carbs is or what it looks like??? I'm going to replace the plugs tommorrow morning too

 

before you replace the plugs....
check if the plugs are all black and wet... that usually tells you that your plugs arent sparking ****. then, youve either got a i.g. coil problem or a battery running low... do you hear the motor actually cranking? you could grab your sparkplug by the plug cap, keep the plug in the cap, and ground it to your frame and try cranking it. if it sparks, then that gets rid of the sparking problem. then it would mean that youve just got a bad carb.

if the carb. is overflowing, i would overhaul the whole thing. that usually gets rid of that problem.

 

Just look on the bottom of the carberater float bowl and there will be a screw on the very bottom. There is only one probably in the middle of the float bowl. Its not one of the ones on the corners. Those hold the float bowel onto the carb.

 

thanks guys, youve been a great help. I'm going to pull the plugs and check them when i get up and then i'll go from there.