05 Honda Rebal 250 . Fueling Problem?

Started my Motorcycle but forgot to turn on the fuel line. Once I notice I forgot I turned it on then got on it and started driving down the road. Then when I was at a stop light it started to bog down. I put the choke on and then it stalled out. Now it want start and if i turn the fuel line on fuel streams out of the over flow lines from the bottom of the bike. The bike turns over fine. Sounds like is getting spark. Just no fuel. The only thing I can think is that the carb is clogged.

If you are going to do your own maintenance, then you need a repair manual… That's what I did w/the Shadow I had

"fuel streams out of the over flow lines from the bottom of the bike" "Sounds like is getting spark. Just no fuel. The only thing I can think is that the carb is clogged" You know SO LITTLE about how the carburetor functions and diagnostics it is far better to let a mechanic work on it.

Carb is clogged.

It MAY be possible to fix it if it only jammed. Give the float chamber a gentle tap with a piece of wood or a screw driver handle to see if it will jar loose.
If that doesn't clear the problem then you've got a faulty or dirty float valve - time to pull the carby & clean it out. BE CAREFUL it's easier to do it wrong than right.

Ok two things happening here;
1. When the motor was hot and you put on the choke, you flooded the engine. The choke operates to richen up the mixture when the motor is cold. Your plugs are probably just fouled. Take them out, clean and dry them. Or just wait a few hours and they'll dry by themselves.
2. Fuel coming out of the overflows means a carbie float is sticking in the open position. A good bodge is to tap the float bowl fairly firmly with a rubber, wood or nylon faced mallet. That is often enough to unstick them.
3. Bike not starting, once you have resolved the above. Check the kill switch. My old Honda used to allow the engine to crank (but not spark) even when it was "off". Ask me how I know. You may have flicked it to off in all the excitement.

Did you turn fuel valve all the way to reserve? Crud in fuel settles down, normal small layer of any water is below the top of the standpipe that gets the fuel to carb. Common to have a high pipe for normal run and a lower pipe for reserve- and occasionally the contaminated fuel level will get just below the normal run pipe but will have some settle in reserve, get to carb when reserve turned on especially if 'fine' filter has been replaced with 'coarse' filter.

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