CB160 Turns Over forever before starting....

[brooklynCB]

Can anyone help me out? Sometimes it starts right up, but most of the time it takes a few minutes to get it going. Just putters for a while, and then suddenly starts right up. Any ideas? Is it getting flooded somehow while sitting?

[kustommusic]

Brooklyn, Welcome to our forum. It sounds like you are on the right track thinking its flooding while it sets. It would be simple to look at the petcock first. Next the carb. float valve. Kustommusic

[bigscooter]

sometimes when the battery gets low, the starter robs the ignition of power. how does it start with the kicker?

[brooklynCB]

it doesnt want to go with the kicker either. the problem has gotten worse, where now sometimes it doesnt want to start at all. I rebuilt the petcock and the carbs. Any ideas?

[bigscooter]

it doesnt want to go with the kicker either. the problem has gotten worse, where now sometimes it doesnt want to start at all. I rebuilt the petcock and the carbs. Any ideas?

well if the fuel system's in order, that leaves spark. sometimes a plug will be fouled even though it looks good. are the points and condenser in good condition? how's the timing?

[brooklynCB]

I have good visible spark on both cylinders, and the timing is perfect. I'm no expert, but I've got 5 or 6 old bikes running in the last 2 years, and this one is really stumping me.

[brooklynCB]

I should note that one of the slides in the right carb was particularly hard to get into the carb. However once its seated down in there, it seems to move freely, but when trying to get it in the top, I had to jam it in there, felt like it was slightly too big for the shaft. However, this bike was running when I got it, and its the same unit that was in there...