thedude
Well-known member
Hey all,
So I'll give the full story as to how this all went down for clarity reasons. I took my '99 Rebel 250 out to give it a wash today. While I was washing I noticed that my petcock was switched to reserve (I brought it home a few days ago and had switche over right around the corner from my house and forgotten about it) the closest source of gas that was available to me was the Jerry Can in my garage, so I finished up the wash and started to ride home. About 1/2 block from my house it died out on me. I pushed it (shamefully) home and put it in the garage. I returned about 45min later to take it out, gasse it up with the J-Can and started it up. It idles fine, but whenever I give it any throttle it sputter and dies out. What can I do about this.
For some backstory at the end of last season I had a problem with the bike refusing to start. I replaced the sparks and it started running again, although it was a little rough. It has been running pretty good for the last few weeks up until now. I appreciate any help that you guys could offer. Thanks!
So I'll give the full story as to how this all went down for clarity reasons. I took my '99 Rebel 250 out to give it a wash today. While I was washing I noticed that my petcock was switched to reserve (I brought it home a few days ago and had switche over right around the corner from my house and forgotten about it) the closest source of gas that was available to me was the Jerry Can in my garage, so I finished up the wash and started to ride home. About 1/2 block from my house it died out on me. I pushed it (shamefully) home and put it in the garage. I returned about 45min later to take it out, gasse it up with the J-Can and started it up. It idles fine, but whenever I give it any throttle it sputter and dies out. What can I do about this.
For some backstory at the end of last season I had a problem with the bike refusing to start. I replaced the sparks and it started running again, although it was a little rough. It has been running pretty good for the last few weeks up until now. I appreciate any help that you guys could offer. Thanks!