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gsfivehundredf · 10-02-2011, 07:34 PM

Hello everyone,
I've owned a 2007 GS500F for less than three weeks. A couple days ago after riding and parking the bike under some persistent rain for a few days, the bike decided to give me a hard time to fire up. It took me more than half an hour to get it running by bump start. I rode it home but after that had no chance in starting it again. I had put a new battery right after getting the bike so that's not an issue. In fact, when I push the start button, it obviously spins the engine but there's something wrong after that point ... either the sparks or the fuel or something else. I live in Ontario and the weather has been on and off over the last week. I leave the bike outside over night as our garage has no room for it. Is it possible that I got water in the gas tank? How safe is the gas cap seal on this bike? Or maybe water in the air filter or around the sparks? It made a bad noise a couple times as I was trying to push to start. I hope I've not damaged anything by now. I've looked for all obvious issues: there's enough gas in the tank, the start switch is on when I try and fuel switch is on ...
I was wondering if anyone has any ideas.
Thank you

gsfivehundredf · 10-05-2011, 07:54 PM

My bike came back to life yesterday after experiencing a fresh sunny morning.

10-02-2011, 07:34 PM	#1
gsfivehundredf Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: London, ON Posts: 4	Suzuki GS500F won't start after rain Hello everyone, I've owned a 2007 GS500F for less than three weeks. A couple days ago after riding and parking the bike under some persistent rain for a few days, the bike decided to give me a hard time to fire up. It took me more than half an hour to get it running by bump start. I rode it home but after that had no chance in starting it again. I had put a new battery right after getting the bike so that's not an issue. In fact, when I push the start button, it obviously spins the engine but there's something wrong after that point ... either the sparks or the fuel or something else. I live in Ontario and the weather has been on and off over the last week. I leave the bike outside over night as our garage has no room for it. Is it possible that I got water in the gas tank? How safe is the gas cap seal on this bike? Or maybe water in the air filter or around the sparks? It made a bad noise a couple times as I was trying to push to start. I hope I've not damaged anything by now. I've looked for all obvious issues: there's enough gas in the tank, the start switch is on when I try and fuel switch is on ... I was wondering if anyone has any ideas. Thank you

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10-05-2011, 07:54 PM	#2
gsfivehundredf Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: London, ON Posts: 4	My bike came back to life yesterday after experiencing a fresh sunny morning.