Anyways, 1980 Suzuki GS550L, 19k Miles. I bought it in the spring and rode it all summer, no problems. Ran beautifully aside from a little smoke on cold starts. Coming back from the coast, I ran it out of gas (noob). And my battery was dead. My first road trip! Haha! So i got towed home, replaced the battery, fired it up with the help of some starter fluid, and the next day ran out to the North coast. No problem. Spent the night, left in the afternoon, wisely REMEMBERING to fill up with petroleum this time, but 20 miles out, going up a hill at about 60mph, it sputters and dies. I try the reserve/prime switch (the slot kind with no frikkin indicator of what it's set to! ) to no avail. Nothing i do can convince her to go. So we get towed home for the second time in 2 days. I love AAA Plus! I'd love to be a motorcycle genius more.
I've cranked and cranked it, turning the fuel switch a few degrees at a time, but nothing. No catching, no odor of fuel, just cranking. The clear fuel hose has juice in it with a little air at the top of it. The tank is full and ventilates well.
Some of my successful searches have led me to believe that maybe it's the petcock. ? Seems like if it was a carb or spark issue i'd smell something, right? It makes me wonder if i was somehow on reserve the second time, but i... i didn't even know i had one until the second time. How embarrassing. It's my first bike. My plan is to replace the petcock (with one that has a proper frikkin pointer!), and hopefully that will do, but if anyone has some wisdom regarding this problem, i beseach your sage advice.
Many thanks for any help.
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