Well I just drove 1200 miles in 24 hrs so I'm a little wired but I have my new to me 98 VFR800 sitting in the garage. I rode it this morning in Pittsburgh and it ran great and hauls ass. I was satisfied so I loaded her up and brought her home only to find that it will not start now. It is cold soaked pretty good from the 9hrs on the trailer and it tried to fire with full choke and a tad of throttle at first but then it stopped trying. I think it is flooded good now! You can smell the fuel. I will let it warm up and pull the plugs to clean it out in the morning. I haven't slept in over 38 hrs so I'm to dangerous to work on it now! Has anyone had similar problems when their bike was cold?
I had almost the exact same problem (trailered a working bike in the cold rain, wouldn't start on arrival, flooded, etc.) New plugs and she fired right up. I went new because they were about due anyway. They look like a bitch to clean, the tolerances are pretty tight
Well I just had to clean the plugs and she fired right up. However I found some other issues while I was rooting around! I found a huge mouse nest right under the intake, which I had to remove to get in there and clean it up. Then I found the wires chewed up by the mice as they lounged in their new home. I have uploaded some pictures of the wires and the nest for y'all to see. I was able to repair the wires and all is well again. I guess you need to be careful of where you store your bike! Thankfully there was nothing in the air box and the throttle bodies are clean. I've seen carbs that had been used as a mouse toilet before and the damage is brutal. The P.O. had also trimmed off the rear fender completely and just cut off the licence plate light wire instead of just using the connectors provided. They had also installed a K&N filter but did not remove the OEM seals from the air box grooves so the air box did not close up properly. Just a few minor issues but overall a very nice bike for the price and mileage!
