Fast250EX
06-09-2003, 02:48 PM
I went riding over the weekend with my 250EX and it ran excellent and I had a blast. I cleaned it all up and drove around for about 30 minutes and then got off of it to mow the yard. I got back on after I was done and shifted through the gears in my yard. I shifted down into third and did a tiny wheelie into a ditch and got out of it and let off and it acted like it was out of gas. I put it on reserve and started it back up and let a little fuel get to the carb and it still acted like it was about to go out of gas.
It idles like it does when you are warming it up a bit before riding but it stays at that sort of unsteady idle. I don't know what it is. The plug had black on its bottom so I took a wire brush and cleaned it off and put it back in and still nothing.
This happened all of a sudden too. Runs great one second and then it just won't even get off the line the next. After I cleaned the plug up a bit and put it back in. I attempted to start it a few times. It started but won't stay running past idle. If you try to rev it, it may get one decent rev in then it will die. The plug had a bit of oil and gas on it when I took it out so I know it is getting fuel.
Could the plug be bad? It is a 2001 and I bought it in October as a used one with only 10 miles on it. It still has the same plug on it and possibly the same one as when it was new.
Thanks for the help.
It idles like it does when you are warming it up a bit before riding but it stays at that sort of unsteady idle. I don't know what it is. The plug had black on its bottom so I took a wire brush and cleaned it off and put it back in and still nothing.
This happened all of a sudden too. Runs great one second and then it just won't even get off the line the next. After I cleaned the plug up a bit and put it back in. I attempted to start it a few times. It started but won't stay running past idle. If you try to rev it, it may get one decent rev in then it will die. The plug had a bit of oil and gas on it when I took it out so I know it is getting fuel.
Could the plug be bad? It is a 2001 and I bought it in October as a used one with only 10 miles on it. It still has the same plug on it and possibly the same one as when it was new.
Thanks for the help.