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Honda Shadow Phantom VT750 2016 trouble starting

Motor Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Asked by Rockster160 on April 13, 2021

Having a little trouble here. My current Phantom is my 4th bike, and I drove it off the lot at 0 miles just a few months ago. The other morning (It was a cold morning relative to the surrounding days, maybe about 45-50F) I tried to go for a ride and the bike suddenly would not start. Again, this is a brand new bike- so I can’t imagine any troubles. However, it was a cold morning and I was starting to run low on gas. (I had driven 99 miles on the current tank. I usually do 130 before filling up, and my low gas light usually turns on somewhere between 140 and 150. Furthest I’ve gone on 1 tank is 160, but I’ve never run out of gas.) So I figured it was just some trouble, and while I was disappointed, I wasn’t too worried about it.

Now come today as I’m trying to leave for work; the temperature is 60F, I go out and try give it a go. No luck.
Starter cranks, lights do not fade, everything looks and sounds good, except there is no ignition and the engine does not start.

Luckily, I’m less than a block from the nearest gas station so I pushed it over there to fill up. Full tank of gas, battery appears to be in good health, good weather, all seems good. Still no luck. Tried push starting. Almost sounded like it was about to turn over, but still didn’t quite make it.

I recently took it in for its “first break-in service” at 600 miles and all was good with it at that point.

Any ideas on what the troubles might be? Fuel is good, engine temp should be fine. I don’t imagine it’s a problem with airflow, but I couldn’t find the air-intake (My next attempt is going to involve spraying some starter fluid into the intake.) Also wanted to try the Choke/fuel-enricher, but no luck finding that either- I read online it doesn’t have one?

Any and all ideas on what I can try next for diagnosing and/or fixing the problem are welcome. Going to try give it another go after work, and if I still have no luck, I’ll call in and see if Honda has any ideas tomorrow.

EDIT: No luck starting- called Honda, they suspect a fuel pump issue. Luckily it’s completely covered by warranty.

EDIT 2: Turned out to be a manufacturing issue with the Fuel pump. Honda picked my bike up, replaced the part, and brought it back to my house- all free of charge thanks to the warranty. Haven’t had any issues since.

One Answer

If the starter isn't cranking the bike the problem isn't fuel related. I'm not clear if this is the case.

If the starter is cranking but the engine won't start firing that's a different problem.

Is the kill switch off?

Take out a sparkplug and lay it on the head. Do you have spark? If so your problem may be fuel related.

Answered by Eric on April 13, 2021

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