Mechanic for 20 years, working on 2 strokes since early 80's. I have a 89 650 stand up Kawi that won't start. Here goes: fuel good including primed with gas/starter fluid etc. Sparks like mad, compression 140+ cold, reeds good, front cyl at TDC....timing mark roughly 15 BTDC. Even tried pulling manifold and spraying into reed cages with no fire. Once in a while it coughes. And yes plugs are new and cables are wired direct to plug top bypassing boots. Wholly crap, it's only an old 2 stroke and it's kicking my ass. So I have spark-fuel-compression-timing. Now what? Anybody ran into something that's not crossing my mind? History is it ran in garage with water flowing for about 10 min...ran great, then acted like it ran out of fuel as it died slowly.
And of course I wanted to take it to my first lake trip Sat.
And of course I wanted to take it to my first lake trip Sat.