Bramwell
1983 XS400 Maxim
The other day I parked my bike in my garage, got distracted in the process and forgot my keys in the ignition. The next day I realized my mistake and of course, the battery died. So I decided to jump start it using my car. I successfully jumped the bike and it was running. I decided to let it run for a bit to charge up the battery. Stupidly, I left the choke on, and while it was running in the heat of the sun (it was 34 degrees Celcius!! really hot!!!), it overheated. I should point out that I didn't intend to leave so long, put got distracted by a bunch of things (I guess I'm easily distracted) and I think I left it running for about 20 minutes, maybe even more. I know, really dumb of me. So when I came out, the bike had overheated, I'm assuming, as it was brutally hot yesterday. The bike was off and the engine was smoking. I considered that maybe I had run out of gasoline and decided to open the gas tank. When I did, gasoline spewed out, gushed out even, and sprayed all over my face and over the bike. After cursing up a storm I decided to just put the bike back into the garage, where it's currently sitting.
Sooo, did I really mess it up? Do you think I should try to start it again now that it's cooler?? What would you do?
Thanks for any help you can offer.
cheers,
Bram
Sooo, did I really mess it up? Do you think I should try to start it again now that it's cooler?? What would you do?
Thanks for any help you can offer.
cheers,
Bram