Yamaha Virago 535 start up issues

[Tom2507]

Hi everyone!

Was hoping somebody could be of help with my XV535. 

When cold my bike does not like to start, however,  when I remove the front spark plug & test (which it shows a blue spark)off of the engine block it’ll fire up. If I then place the spark plug back, the bike will fire up normally from then on. 

There is fuel reaching carbs & if I leave the bike to run it’ll idle fine until I turn it off. 

Does anyone have any ideas on this? 

Cheers

[V650]

A quick google of XV535 shows a yamaha circa 1995 

Does the bike have a choke ?

It would seem to me like it may be flooded and removing the spark plug lets the fuel evaporate and runs after that 

 

Just me thinking out loud 

[Tom2507]

34 minutes ago, V650 said:

A quick google of XV535 shows a yamaha circa 1995 

Does the bike have a choke ?

It would seem to me like it may be flooded and removing the spark plug lets the fuel evaporate and runs after that 

 

Just me thinking out loud 

Hi mate cheers for the reply,

 

yes the bike does have a choke, I didn’t think about the flooding, that’s a great shout. I’ll dive deeper into that route tomorrow & see if I find anything

cheers 

[Egon247]

Any joy @Tom2507?