Not firing

[3wheelsoffury]

I have a 1985 250 big red and its not firing. Ive looked top to bottow and still cant find the problem, any sugestions?

[briano]

Yup lots of suggestions. Out of gas, plugged petcock, dirty carb, water in fuel, coil, coil wire, spark plug, plug cap, wiring, cdi box, stator, no compression, kill switch in the OFF position. Hope this helps.

[200sBigRed]

i was just working on mine the other day.i have an 84 200 big red.i took the crab off cause the float was stuck and fuel was EVERYWHERE the air box was full..but i put it back on but the throttle didnt work so i took it apart and the little metal part that is in the throttle spring i lost the damn thing but i roll started it and it started.before that it wouldnt start..check the carb really easy to do

[tri again]

I have a 1985 250 big red and its not firing. Ive looked top to bottow and still cant find the problem, any sugestions?

Is it new to you?
have you ever heard it run?
Did it run when parked a couple years ago>?
If it's been a while, check or change all the oils in case there's water or gas in them.

Does it have spark?

[3wheelsoffury]

it was origanaly mine then my couzin got it from me now im buying it back, so im very familiar with it. thankz for the help guys, found the problem. made a dumb mistake, it wasent firing because it was in gear, not neutral. I never thought of that because the rearend isnt on it, so it didnt try to roll when id turn it over and the neutral light didnt work at the time. got it out of gear and crunk up, runs great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHZszII-p6E&feature=g-upl - after i got it crunk up