How to fix Honda Motorcycle that won't start- Honda VTX 1300 clean Carb/ Carburetor, bad gas fuel

[@FireItUpGarage]

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[@lstruggy]

Inherited one of these 06 vtx1300r w 11k miles. I’m a total noob when it comes to motorcycles. So far i had Honda dealership replace fuel lines, oil change, radiator flush and brake fluid flushed. I’ve also replaced the plugs and a new battery and air filter. Soon I’m having the fuel tank resealed and carb rebuilt because my friend who handed this down to me never really rode it & Someone from his Apts cut the fuel line and stole the fuel so there was a time that the tank was empty and has a little rust according to Honda bike dealership. Found a local shop here in Vegas for the resealing and rebuilding the carb hopefully that job doesn’t cost me an arm and a leg 🤞🏽Will probably end up selling her eventually but in the meantime perform some simple maintenance to her like what you’ve done in this video and let her go hopefully make a little profit & sell her by tax season or riding season comes spring time in the meantime she’s at a storage shed slowly getting some tlc 🤙🏽

[@FireItUpGarage]

Thats great that you are getting it back in good shape. They are pretty simple and parts are relatively cheap. Probably less than $200 to rebuild the carb. Not sure what resealing the tank will cost. You can look inside and see how much rust you can see. If there is not much I would just clean it out and run an extra filter in the fuel line. If there is a lot of rust yes you need to seal it.

[@lstruggy]

@@FireItUpGarage awesome! Tnx for the reply and great advice! The carb rebuild parts was only $40 and yes the rebuild labor was exactly $200! I will keep an eye out w that tank rust issue ty! 🙏🏽

[@FireItUpGarage]

@@lstruggy NIce. They are great bikes. You will enjoy it. Keep your costs below 2k and you should make some money.

[@lstruggy]

@@FireItUpGarage ty! 🤙🏽

[@willmoore5550]

Oldie, but goodie.

[@FireItUpGarage]

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[@greeneyechristie]

had got flooded in a rainstorm and we remove the carburetor had the carburetor completely cleaned and rebuilt. We put the car back on and now it’s still not wanting to crank like either it’s getting too much air or not enough turns, and when I tried to start it yesterday, it shot a little spark outside of the carburetor. I’ve spent so much money on this bike. Im broke. She has sat more than driven. HELP

[@FireItUpGarage]

Depends on what "got flooded in a rainstorm" means. If the cylinders actually got water in them during the storm there can be a number of problems. If it died because of water in the electrical system than that is different. Explain what happened.

[@FarRightRider]

These bikes, (like most) require, fuel, spark and air. If it's not starting, find out what's not getting to where or whatever's going on and work from there

[@Ophanim_Cherub1.4]

Did you ever figure it out?

[@zahiemmcintosh6055]

Its a great bike

[@FireItUpGarage]

Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Yes! Great bikes! Ride safe!

[@BockRottom]

Im having issues with my vtx i cant seem to get her to start changed the ignition coil and battery and still nothing.. i wanna ride man

[@FireItUpGarage]

First you have to figure out if it is a spark problem or a fuel problem. Does it have spark? Will it run on starting fluid?

[@BockRottom]

@@FireItUpGarage havent tried starting fluid im thinking spark plugs

[@BockRottom]

@@FireItUpGarage i looked at one and it's black...

[@FireItUpGarage]

The first step when getting something running is to figure out if it has spark, compression and fuel. If you can identify which is missing then you have a better start of what to check. Spark is easy to check - get a spark plug tester - something like this: amzn.to/3CTALeI . If you have spark then go to fuel. Remove the air cleaner and shoot a small amount of starting fluid into the carb. Put the cover back on, turn on key/power and turn it over. If it tries to start but then dies you have a fuel problem. Compression and timing can also be an issue - but these are not usually the case unless you have had a catastophic failure or some dummy took it apart before you got to it. If it is dead from sitting around then it is almost always fuel or spark.

[@Mojo27564]

Why do I feel like I saw this video before!! It says 6days uploaded

[@FireItUpGarage]

Thanks for watching. This is the short version of the original that focuses more on the fuel system specifically. Fire It Up!

[@rigoslittleshop9430]

That rpms sound high at idle

[@FireItUpGarage]

Thanks for watching.

[@rahoffman123]

I am sorry i told u all that i am just helping out future incidents from happening to others

[@FireItUpGarage]

No worries brother. Thanks for taking the time to comment and share.

[@rahoffman123]

Great video i just had to have mine towed they said yes carb gas everywhere hot mess he says float needle and other things get clogged so i was stranded 5 +hours thanks to progressive tow program i pay for ao i am getting rid of them aint first time i pay them to get screwed and they rerouted 2 times sending them elsewhere and had some guy that lived in tennesse try to find me a tow company after 5 hours in sculding heat and pretended that i said i lived in ashland even tho the pinged me on satellite so now my 3 cars 2 bikes are now moving to a new insurance beleive when i say get rid of that shit company before you find out the hard way on how they do u yah tennesse number on my phone lol they had soemone who dont even live here in this state of ohio try to find me a tow truck and then rerouted them as if i wasnt important and tryed to keep calling them and some man who didnt even speak english to to pretend he was doing his best yah to fk me over thank u progressive i also have many more stories so i am firing that crap f flo fk proggresive 🔫😠

[@FireItUpGarage]

Sorry to hear about the trouble you had! Hope your bike is back on the road again soon. Find a gas station with ethanol free and you will probably save yourself future problems. Ride Safe and FIRE IT UP!