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Bob KellyIII · October 22nd, 2021, 08:34 AM

Triple Jim is right ...it ain't water in the fuel !
it's wet, in in the interm time while you drained the tank it dried out enough to start again... I expect cracked sparkplug leads and arcing from those leads to ground robbing the engine of spark in the plugs
next time you have the tank off sprey water with a squirt bottle on the spark plugs,head and electricals and then crank it over and see if it will ARC on you
if it does you found the problem ! if no arc is seen and it doesn't want to start
it may well be because of no fuel because the tank is off , but then I would start looking for a short in the ignition system or the kill switch
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in this case you can recreate the problem fairly simply . try squirting the handle bar controls alone and then the engine head area.... see if you can pin-point the area where the problem is occuring at.
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that should at least give you a starting place !
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Bob........

October 22nd, 2021, 08:34 AM	#4
Bob KellyIII Retired motorcycle Mc. Name: Robert Location: Weed, California. Join Date: Jul 2021 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Kawasaki Ninja 250R, 2021 CSC TT250, 1977 Triumph Bonneville 750cc,2001 Honda XR650L. Posts: A lot.	Triple Jim is right ...it ain't water in the fuel ! it's wet, in in the interm time while you drained the tank it dried out enough to start again... I expect cracked sparkplug leads and arcing from those leads to ground robbing the engine of spark in the plugs next time you have the tank off sprey water with a squirt bottle on the spark plugs,head and electricals and then crank it over and see if it will ARC on you if it does you found the problem ! if no arc is seen and it doesn't want to start it may well be because of no fuel because the tank is off , but then I would start looking for a short in the ignition system or the kill switch .... in this case you can recreate the problem fairly simply . try squirting the handle bar controls alone and then the engine head area.... see if you can pin-point the area where the problem is occuring at. .... that should at least give you a starting place ! .... Bob........ __________________________________________________ Its too late when you've gone too far !