i have a ty 175 and it has been standing in the garage for a couple of years,the bike was working fine when it was put away,but will not start now,,,,what is the best way to go about it,,,what to replace,,,etc. before i have a nother go at starting it.thanks tom

Strip & clean the carb as any fuel left in the float bowl will have evaporated & clogged the jets, is always a good start when trying to find reason for bike not starting

And also the petrol tap.

Cant go wrong with a new plug.

Check if your getting a spark.

Not wanting to sound too obvious, but get rid of the old fuel and start with a fresh mixture.

and Happy New Year

As already said, my normal startup procedure for a bike that hasn't been run for a while :

1. As already said, fresh fuel, check the carb and remove clean the float bowl and get rid of the muck (if the bike has been stood > 1 year)

2. Check if there is a spark; change the plug, if no spark, check the connections, contacts, condensor etc

3, if there is a spark (and the plug is getting wet), then drop a small amount of fuel down the barrel and see if it fires (seems to work with DT Yamaha's in particular)

4. if it fires and dies, then its a fuel problem...

4a if it doesn't then its timing, lack of compression etc and more work required.....

thats brilliant .thanks for all the info,,,,,,cracking on with that now,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

a happy new year to every,,,,hope you have a cracking 2010.