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by wbl 916 days ago
My dad once took apart his motorcycle to change out a cylinder seal. He put it all back together and it wouldn't start. The mechanic at the shop heard the story, and then checked one thing: indeed my dad had forgotten to refuel it. That tech support tree is always worth checking.
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Oh, man. Flashback to the time I painstakingly rebuilt the carburetor on my scooter, then spent way too long trying to figure out why it wouldn’t start.

The kill switch was set to “off.”

He took apart a motorcycle because the gas tank was empty?
no, he forgot to re-fill the tank after disassembling.