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Cannot get my bike to start

My Suzuki won't start. I filled it with gas and put in a new air filter, fuel filter, spark plug, and battery. I also cleaned the carburetor. The bike wants to start, but appears and sounds like it is not getting fuel. Any ideas?

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Remove rubber connection from carby inlet (between carby and air filter) enough to get a piece of thin card to cover inlet to carby. Turn motor over with throttle half open for a few seconds. Remove card and see if any fuel is on the card. If there is, repeat process (fresh card) without throttle, fuel should still appear. If there is no fuel present, you have a fuel blockage. If engine still not starting with fuel present, you have an electrical problem, check for spark by resting attached plug to engine metal and turning engine over.

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