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    Default Won't Start

    This morning my wife went out to start the Spyder (2013 RTL), the engine seemed to be cranking OK but would not fire, any thoughts? the bike has 1/4 tank of gas, so that is not the problem????
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    Default Tough one..!!

    It could be flooded. Try cranking the engine with the throttle wide open. Then start the normal starting proceedure. Hopefully that will be it otherwise you will have to check in a little deeper...
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    I'll give that a try,thanks Chupaca!
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    Hate to be obivious, have you checked kill switch ? Has happened to more then one of us on here, I do believe
    Good luck
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    Default Yep

    ....happened to me too, but I could hear the engine cranking over the phone so it wasn't that, but that is embarrassing!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chupaca View Post
    It could be flooded. Try cranking the engine with the throttle wide open. Then start the normal starting proceedure. Hopefully that will be it otherwise you will have to check in a little deeper...
    Hey Gene thanks for the tip it worked!
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    Default Great..!!

    Glad it was a simple fix..

    Quote Originally Posted by Pirate looks at -- View Post
    Hey Gene thanks for the tip it worked!
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    The same thing happened to me a couple weeks ago. I finally got it started after about six tries. We went on a 100 mile ride and didn't shut it down until I got home, I tried to restart when I got home, and it started right up.
    I did, however reseat the relays in the frunk and the prestart relay was a little loose. I haven't done any further research into the wiring diagrams to see if this could have been the source of the starting problem. Everything has worked normally since.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pirate looks at -- View Post
    Hey Gene thanks for the tip it worked!
    Glad to hear the problem is sol-ved. Sometimes, I think the does these things to us just to let us know who really is in charge.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pirate looks at -- View Post
    Hey Gene thanks for the tip it worked!
    VERY NICE!!! I was beginning to worry that your ryding days were over!
    Glad to hear that you were able to get some good advice and can get back on the road! Hope to see you both soon!
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