I'm not very knowledgeable at ALL about this.. so bare with me!
I purchased this 2001 f4i from a buddy.. when I purchased it, it ran flawlessly. Well I've had it for a year or so now, and I didnt ride it very often. I cranked it and rode it maybe once a month.
Well the last time I went out to crank it, it was dead.. so we jump started it and it was bucking nasty and hesitating. I drove it a little in first gear seeing if it would work itself out and it never did. Well I got back to the house and I let it run for about 20 minutes to see if it would charge. I turned it off and tried to crank it and all it did was TICKTICKTICKTICKTICK, and never start. So I figured it was still not charged enough. I got a push start again, rode it and it was still bucking and hesitating. (very intimidating ride, I must say) so I got back and let it idle again.. same thing.
What could be the problem? Bad gas, or bad spark plugs? I'm not familiar enough with a bike to even know!
I purchased this 2001 f4i from a buddy.. when I purchased it, it ran flawlessly. Well I've had it for a year or so now, and I didnt ride it very often. I cranked it and rode it maybe once a month.
Well the last time I went out to crank it, it was dead.. so we jump started it and it was bucking nasty and hesitating. I drove it a little in first gear seeing if it would work itself out and it never did. Well I got back to the house and I let it run for about 20 minutes to see if it would charge. I turned it off and tried to crank it and all it did was TICKTICKTICKTICKTICK, and never start. So I figured it was still not charged enough. I got a push start again, rode it and it was still bucking and hesitating. (very intimidating ride, I must say) so I got back and let it idle again.. same thing.
What could be the problem? Bad gas, or bad spark plugs? I'm not familiar enough with a bike to even know!