What year is your bike? How old is the battery? EFI or carb? - Give us some more information. Eg. If it's EFI you need to turn the ignition on and wait a few seconds for the fuel pump to prime before starting.
+1 to Nukeranger's advice whatever your answers to the above.
Cheers, Richard
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09 America, Staintune Pipes, K&N, Breathe, Hagon Nitros, AI & O2 removed, tune 20184 (modified), MTX-L a/f gauge
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