Hi guys. Winter is coming to its end here and I started working on my bike  in order to enjoy some nice Spring rides.
1. Battery fully charged overnight.
2. New spark plug
3. Oil and oil filter replaced
4. Remove fuel tank and drain it completely. Fresh fuel added back
5. Check tyre pressure and brakes

After a few starting attemps and she fired up nicely! Rev up and then let it idle a bit. Everything looked ok. I thought it would be a good idea to go for a short ride. You know, the trial ride...
Just after a couple of miles, she died!  
I tried firing up again. She started ok but after a few seconds there you go again. I tried that a few times more. Everytime she was starting ok and then diying.
And this is where the title of the topic comes in place... I had to walk back home. Now she rests in my garage and I don't know where to start.
Any suggestions?

did you try the petcock on prime?

test your petcock is in the tech section index.

You didn't drain the tank in fall or the carb either? did you use sta-bil ?If not it might be time to clean the carb.If you only road a couple of miles and it started a few times I wouldn't expect the alternator to be the problem,but you should have tested the output after install.It may not be so much that she made you walk as it is that you made her die on the side of the road.You have compression and spark ,that leaves fuel.

No - the first thing to do is check the petcock and make sure fuel is flowing to the carb.

The diaphragm can go bad, and prevent fuel flow to the carb.

Test the petcock.
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Sorry...I missed that you had changed the petcock.

If you carb has the drain screw on the float bowl - connect a piece of tubing to the nipple on the bottom of the float bowl, and open up the screw a bit and turn the petcock on.  Check to see that you are getting fuel flow to the float bowl.

Andreas wrote on 04/23/17 at 12:26:11:


Yes, but did you try prime/reserve?

When you installed the raptorcock, did you remove the plastic fuel line over the main intake?  Or did you just slide it down?

Do you have a fuel filter?

Andreas wrote on 04/24/17 at 13:41:38:

Usually, there's a length of tubing over the filter to protect it during shipping.  Did you take it off before installing?

You don't need another filter, those 2 screens are enough.

DID YOU TRY RESERVE?

Ether, starting fluid, just a whisper in the air intake,no start, shoot it again, a bit more.
If the motor won't rumble and spit on ether it's probably not a fuel problem,if you're doing it right.
It's cheap,