need help please!

[bignate]

ok, i posted a message on here before about my banshee not starting. i tried spraying carb cleaner around the intakes and the rpm's picked up which should mean an air leak so i bought new gaskets thinkin that was the problem. well, i put the gaskets in and it didn't start.... at all. i checked spark and did a compression test and both cylinders held at 122 psi. but that was then when the problem first occurred. i'm thinkin i might have to do it again. well, later i then tried to double up the gaskets and that still didn't work. i even tried putting the stock intakes back on just incase if the billet intakes were bad and that didn't work. i'm sure this isn't a good thing to do but i put a very little bit of gas in the cylinders and tried to fire it up and it did but only for a second and the rpm's were kinda high and then it just shut off right away and it still won't start. my mods to the engine are billet intakes, v-force 3, advanced timing 4 degrees, twist throttle and removed the torrs, k&n airfilters and pre-filters, toomey t5's. the only mods that were done to the engine when i bought it was the t5's and jetting. the jetting can't be off cuz i rode it for about 6 monts before i put it up for the winter. i'm new to the banshee even though i've had it for a little over a year so i don't have a clue as to how to fix this or what else could be wrong.

Edited March 30, 2007 by bignate

[fastrthnu]

leave your bike OFF run and kick it over a couple times and see if your cylinders are getting gas. Tip of the plugs should be damp.

[woodro77]

you said last time you rode her was 6 months ago ?

 

first check to make sure you are getting spark . sounds like you are , if it ran dumping gas into motor and it started .

 

could be old gas , clogged jet , gummed up carbs , take the carbs off and clean them out , make sure all jets are clean ,

 

could also be choke crossover tube , (black tube that goes in between the 2 carbs ) make sure that is there.

[Screaming Yellow Zonker]

it sounds like your carb is gummed up. pull your jets out ( main and pilot ) and clean them well. make sure you can see through them. this should get you started.

[400rednEX]

mine wouldn't start this spring until i drained the carb and shook up the gas in the tank. it started and ran then, but i threw the old gas away and mixed up some fresh mix for it.