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No. I thought about that and tried to start it on reserve with the same results.

Hey all, Just the other day (Saturday) I got my first bike. My 81 Yamaha virago 750. The man who delivered it to me started it twice with no effort. After he left, I was able to start it 2 or 3 times with relative ease, but the last time I ran it, it was hard to start, then it would stall on take off and I haven't been able to start it since. I suspect that it was flooded. I have removed the plugs and dried them twice. (I should probably also note that they were black.) Left the cylinders open for over an hour to dry out and I get no improvement. I can tell that it wants to start, it turns over and the exhaust putts a little bit but no go. I think by this point the battery probably also needs to be charged after all the attempts I've made at starting it. Am I missing something? Please help, I want to be excited about my bike again. Thanks

Hey all, I am going to look at a yamaha maxim 650 tomorrow that I found for a good price ($700). The seller says that the carbs need to be removed and cleaned and that it just needs general service and a tune up. I showed this to my brother-in-law (a very experienced motorcyclist) last night and his advice was to go for it but have the work done at a shop. I was planning on doing it myself but I am rather inexperienced. My question is, how hard is it to work on this engine? If I find a good shop manual will I be able to do the carbs on my own? Also, if I take it to a shop, what kind of money would I be looking at spending on this work? My brother-in-law told me that carbs are easy, but I shouldn't try to do it myself, and that the carbs on this particular bike look like there pretty tough to get to. Any info would be appreciated, I am really interested in buying this bike but don't want to end up spending more in work than I spent on the bike.