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First of all, the fact that you just changed the cam belt is significant in my mind. Did you put the engine back together "in time"? Are you sure? Did you neglect to reconnect any electrical connect …

Yes it can. It depends on a number of factors but I have seen this happen myself.

It sounds as if your vehicle and key have become unpaired. In other words, your car no longer recognizes the key as a valid one to start the car. Unless you have a 2nd key which works, you may be at …

happens is that sometimes, often due to overfilling the tank, the canister gets saturated with gasoline and then it can dump raw fuel into the engine which can make it hard to start or run rough after starting …

Starting takes: Fuel Air Spark Compression And these in the right order and proportions. You said: pull start is easy, no restriction when I pull it That doesn't sound right. …

My first thought is that you have a charging problem. You put the new battery in and if it's not getting charged properly then after a while there is no longer enough power left in it to start the bi …

From your description it sure sounds like a dead battery. Even though you tried to jump-start it, it sounds like you didn't connect things properly. You might also check your connections and cables t …

It's clear to me that you have identified the main cause of this: Fuel is NOT getting into the engine. You noted that there doesn't appear to be any fuel in the fuel filter, so the next step is to de …

Take the battery to a local auto parts or battery shop and ask them to load test it. That will tell you if the battery is good or bad. Load testing is much more reliable than a simple voltmeter test …

The root problem may well be the alternator since if it were bad or failing the battery would not be charged between starts and eventually you'd get to the point where there is no enough energy left i …

Always start with the basics. To run an gasoline internal combustion engine requires: Fuel Air Compression Ignition First of all this bike has carburetors and these can be very sensitive to storage …

There are any number of reasons that might cause this but I'd start with the simple things. #1 on my list would be an air leak. Especially with a car this old there may be dry-rotted and/or cracked v …

Clearly there is an electrical connection problem, either external to the battery or internally. First of all, check the battery cables, both the (+) and (-) connectors. Disconnect them, clean off a …

The 1999 Vulcan 1500 has a carbureted engine and carburetors are often damaged by sitting with fuel in them. Since you said you "replaced the gasoline" that leads me to believe that you also left the …