Need Help- New owner of a non starting 85 VF700 Interceptor

Been awhile since I've been on. Compression test was just fine, in the 160-170 range on everything. Chains are snug. Still baffled!

 

I bet still hedging my bets on it being the kill switch....... the thing will still turn over but won't fire ..............try this....put some gas down the carbs turn it over pull a plug..it should be wet... if its not then you may have a dead mouse and company living in your manifold....

 

Replaced all plugs and have strong blue spark. I'm leaning toward the kill switch idea. I figure I can disaasemble it and wire it up to bypas the kill button. Anyone know which wires I need to hook up or have any suggestions?

 

pull the carb body off using a spray bottle spray some gas into the intakes you should at least get one cylinder to pop off and try to start.....
and yeah it does work I ran my VW like this for about ten seconds before I over flowed the gas

 

I have a feeling that my previous posts aren't being read....I have a feeling mos

 

Come on Tinkerbelle ! A squirrel wouldn't fit into a muffler, too large for it, besides they don't like bad-smelling stinky, greasy stuff.

But mice can and do stash things in exhaust pipes, as the photo illustrates, what i shook out of a VFR muffler that sat in a shed for 2 years.

We've covered just about everything that might be keeping this guy's bike from starting, but what about misplaced sparkplug wires.

 

All 4 have spark, pulled exhaust, not clogged

 

ok since you have narrowed it down... to carburetion....carber.... err the carbs... have you had the carbs off? (this is a mental yes no question) if you have did they seat right when reinstalled? check all you rubber vac line hoses while your at this.. remember way up top when doodlingwithparts said the petcock runs on vaccum? oh and if you did take them off, How did you reinstall them? did they go right back on? or did you beat them back into place with a hammer and a piece of 2x4 over top?( sounds crazy but there are a few dumbasses that have done this[myself included, so don't tell anyone]) once you verify that the carbs are back on correctly try it again...

Oh you never said if the plugs were wet of dry after you poured gas into the carbs? do that too.

 

....but, Crusty, he was using starting fluid to eliminate carbs as a possible problem and still no POPs.....so i suggest he might have wrong spark timing, wires going to to wrong plugs ?? For example, maybe left front wire is mistakenly switched to right front, etc.

Easy to switch around and try again.

Or maybe a battery with not enough power ?

 

That should be a good way to verify which is the # 1 wire, but as everyone knows, the Honda cylinder numbering system is a bit confusing.

 

+1 ON THE WEAK BATTERY!!

Really. Check it

 

Finally got back to tinkering.... figured since I've exhausted all other avenues, I would pop the kill switch open and try to jump the connection. Pretty sure I shorted it out because after a couple tries with the bike trying to start, it now does nothing when I hit the start button. I clipped the 2 wires to the kill switch, connected them together, and still nothing. All lights still work and bike has full power. Is there a fuse for the kill switch??????