the one to the foot brake is the switch cable most likely

there are hoses that dangle from the air box to drain the stuff that comes out

hmmmm that mabe the battery breather tube

you have got to make sure there is no fuel in the air box and the filter is dry

make sure the petcock is good  remove the vac hose and see if its dry

if the engine is flooded you need to remove the plug and let it dry out

if theres fuel in the air box then either the petcock is bust or the float valve in the carb is playing up  most likely due to bits in the fuel

ok, so I replaced the carb, sparkplug (was dirty), air vac tube, connected bike to my car, started, set idle correctly and everything looked good.

Put the bike back together, started it up again using car, great, everything seems good! Reinserted battery hooked up... ran and died... it would sputter... puff puff and die... I couldnt add throttle otherwise it would stall/sputter and die... didn't seem like petrol was getting to the carb at all (but it was)

looked at oil (Per skip) and it was too high, drained it a little and same problem... few more tries on start and it would start and die... which led to the battery dying... so what I'll do tomorrow is try the battery again (it's charging overnight) replace the petrol (drain old, pour new) not sure what else there is tbh...

On a good note, the owner of the place where the girl is staying has a Yamaha 750cc bike in his garage with 2300miles, wondering what it is and if its worth taking (buying) from him... I dont know what it is, all I know it's missing a throttle cable, its a kick start, carb is hard inside (may need new carb or rebuilt) below are pics, maybe you guys can tell me what it is and if its worth an investment...

Engine says 750cc
Speedo says Yamaha
Tank says Yamaha
Gas caps says Yamaha

NEXT!

kerosene wrote on 03/27/10 at 19:05:51:


Ok, see http://img195.imageshack.us/i/img0108am.jpg/ it says oil and 750cc

kinda looks like http://classic-motorbikes.net/images/gallery/12325.jpg

or

http://classic-motorbikes.net/images/gallery/12343.jpg

I saw two spark plugs...

Also, side of gas tank says YAMAHA, it's plastic word not painted on

Serowbot wrote on 03/27/10 at 19:25:04:

Engine block says 750  

Exhaust is on other side, doesnt have that fender sticking out, also lettering is different

Lots of $ or time? time I can give, and some $

bill67 wrote on 03/27/10 at 19:32:52:

what's 750cc of oil?

it says oil 750cc