Hey guys, Ive been following this page for a good while now and finally decided to become a member. My names Colm, 23 and Im an XVS125 Owner, and this my first bike (Hoping to jump up to at least a 250 soon).

Recently my xvs has been acting up and i was wondering if i could get some help? Sorry in advance for the long post or if i call something by the wrong name, I'm new to most of this.

 

I just got the bike back from the mechanic after getting my tippets adjusted, carbs cleaned, oil changed ect and he informed me i would need a new starter motor. So being a broke student and already after pumping so much money into this bike i decided to take on the job myself as its simple enough and worked out way cheaper. I ordered the part anyway and while i was waiting for it to come i decided that now would be a good time to repaint it (Matt Black). So i did. I removed all the parts i wanted to paint and put it all back together. 

I got the starter motor back yesterday, changed the old one out and popped the new one in. I started up the bike, which started no problem, and then it cut out. i did it again and the same thing happened. It cut out while idling. I adjusted the idling speed thinking it was just idling too low but it kept cutting out. So i turned the choke on half way which seemed to keep it ticking over but after leaving it run for 10 minutes (Thinking it was just because i haven't started it up in 2 weeks) I turned the choke down slowly and it cut out again. so after hours of trying to find the problem i gave up. I tried again today and it wouldn't even turn over (I changed the battery last night so it was full)

I ended up removing the air filter and cleaning it, drained the carb and cleaned the pilot jet, followed the fuel lines to make sure everything was connected but still no joy.

Is it possible that i damaged something while taking it apart? I did spill some WD40 on it but i can't imagine that caused any damage.

I would love to be able to bring it to the mechanics but i can't unfortunately. 

 

Any advice would be amazing. (it won't let me post up a picture of the bike) 

 

Double post, the other is in the 'workshop' section