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1986 Yamaha TT225
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I recently bought an 86 Yamaha TT225. Great little thumper and the kid I
bought it from was mechanically inclined to take care of basic services on
the vehicle.
He admitted to me when he bought it from the primary owner, that it ran
fairly well despite it sitting in a barn for the last 5 or 6 years. Cleaned
the carb, placed new gas, drained the oil and put in new oil, and a fresh
plug. Choke pulled out. Still the stubborn beast doesn't want to start.
Now before the flames get too hot I am aware of the difficulties surrounding
starting up a dirt thumper. This TT225 even has a decompression lever and
it works. Still no guts. After about 20 mins of leg cramping I might get a
sputter, but nothing to write home about.
The kid indicated that the jets might just need to be cleaned, but I said
unless I see some indication of life in the bike that I would walk away and
we'd both be unhappy. Popped the air box and sprayed a little starting
fluid and she fired on up....but it was short lived.
I have some ideas, but wanted to talk to the experts in the forum before I
didn't some level of damage that could not be undone...lol.
A side question of the same topic is - even if cleaning the jets doesn't
give the desired effects (i.e. gasoline soak and compressed air) what else
could it be?
Thanks much!
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Go ahead and throw some new jets in there. If those things have been
sitting in stale gas for 5 years, it's not worth the effort, in my
opinion. Spend the $15-20.00.
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Read and heed the warnings on the carb cleaner. Try not to get a lot on your
skin.
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Not sure how the valves adjust on that, but I'd check that too.
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