Trophy New 2001trophy 900 Woes

To get the seat off there is a keyhole down by the left rear passenger foot peg. You may find that pressing down on the seat at the very back whilst turning the key may help to unlock it.
If the bike has been stood for a while, put a liberal dose of fuel system cleaner in the tank as the carbs may have become clogged up with remnants of stale fuel. This is not uncommon.
A word of warning though. Always make sure the battery is fully charged and in general good health. If not, the engine may 'kick back' when trying in vain to fire up and will destroy the starter sprag clutch. Expensive and time consuming!!
Kick back, in the good old days of kickstarters, could break ankles or at best cause serious bruising. Believe me, it smarts!!

 

Whilst waiting for your Haynes manual, this might help: https://data2.manualslib.com/pdf5/1...h/trophy.pdf?9a9e7c653b2b1c69f1d7316df23c183b

 

EasyTargetRN
I am sure you will have it running soon enough. Your carbs just get a stubby screwdriver and just try and torque them up a little. But those little seeps do sometimes just seal up when the bike is running well. Do check your plugs or replace them. Even if you have to pour a cap of fuel down each plug hole just to give it a boost on starting. Do keep in the know as to your progress.
Regards And Welcome to the Family.
Joe.

 

The red exclamation mark is to tell you that the side stand is still in the 'down' position. If you start the engine and then put the bike in gear with the stand down and the warning light showing, it should kill the engine. Saves you riding off and binning the bike on the first left hand corner!

 

I can manage 'simple'!

'Complicated' scares the hell out of me!

 

Ooh! It's got carbs! Goody, goody!!!

 

Nice ! But not the original front indicator ! I believe there is similar to original available by searching through scooter supplier's , A mate in Kellerberrin has one of those early 900 trophy triumphs , he told me modernish scooter has those indicators , you can't get genuine.

 

Put a goodly quantity of your favourite fuel system cleaner in the tank and take it for a ride. Could just be some dirt in the carbs that is blocking the pilot jet. Cleaner will eventually (may not be an immediate cure, although it was when mine started playing silly buggers!) get rid of it, which is a whole lot quicker and easier than taking the carbs off - trust me, you don't want to do that too often!! This is, of course, assuming that dirt is the problem. If the bike has been stood for a while it can and does happen. Crappy petrol (or gas if you prefer!) is the main cause.

 

As I understand it 'cos it's not happened to me - yet - when the engine gets hot the cps stops working, as does the engine. Not good. When the engine has cooled down somewhat - never got to know how long or how cool - it will restart and run as normal until the next time. And there WILL BE a next time unless you are nearly at your destination. Just try the simplest/cheapest solution offered until everything is working as it should. Don't try more than one solution at once though as you'll not know which one worked!! Don't ask me how i know that! It was a long time ago and I was very young m'lud!