Coopsterz

what a day, fellow on his way to buy the bike today so i start her up (first time every time) drive it to the front of the house turn it off, get the call the lad is on his way so go out to let the bike warm up and guess what, it wont start at all , checked the plugs for spark and thats fine, the fuel is flowing from the tap when i take of the pipe, no lose conectors and the bike is turning over just wont start so needless to say the guy didnt come see it, Any ideas on what to check next guys? was running fine up till then its like its not getting fuel

does any one know if there is a power commander for a xv 125cc virago or am i right in thinking its not worth looking at on a 125 ? thanks a mill in advance Gav

^ perfect thanks guys I try the above first :-)

Ha yep rain wasn't on the postcard when I brought in to the whole lets move to Ireland sale by the wife lol

10w 40 motorbike oil

aaah it would apear to be a little worse that i had thourght, i took of the clutch cable off to change it for a new one to find a few cracks in the Carb to Head Rubber, also looks like the carb has seen better days (rounded off screws ect) so some one has been at that too plan of action is new rubber new carp new clutch cable and ill do the choke chable while im at it, oil and plugs have been done already so we will see whats what once i source the parts cheers guys :-)

Just checked again and there is a small amount of dragging in first with the clutch pulled in

Hi thanks a mill for the reply, also just to add When in first gear pulling off and letting out the clutch there is no bite line on it like I can't feel when the clutch is engaging and the pull off speed is so so slow its like I'm still reveing at a stand still !? I know it's only a 125 but I think I should have more of a launch than what feels like me pushing the kids off on there first push bike :-) Thanks again

Hello, So I picked up my 03 xv125 yesterday it's really clean with only 6k miles on it, it's been laid up for a year in a garage yesterday I fitted plugs and new oil ;-) - I'm learning lol, I'm finding it really hard to get it in to neutral I've adjusted the leaver on the top by the grip to its max but still no go, it's like it's not pulling the clutch hard anuff - now on the bottom part of the cable by the side of the engine the adjuster there looks to be all the way in!!? Should I adjust it here or does it sound like a new clutch is needed, the rest of the gear changes are fine - hope I've explained my self correctly here as I'm a bit of a newbi with bikes :-) Thanks a mill for any help Coops

Hi all, Coops here from Guildford Surrey orig but living in Southern Ireland for the last 15 years Just signed up as I brought my first bike yesterday "o3 xv 125" Really nice clean example, I'll get some pics up in a bit Any how just wanted to holla at ya hope to chat soon ;-)