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My 09 700 H1 keeps dying on me, and I thought I'd check to see if you guys have any suggestions on what might be causing it. This is long...sorry. It had been sitting for a month or two when I decided to ride it around the neighborhood the other day just to run it. Day 1 When I was pulling back into the garage, it died and wouldn't start back. My first thought was the battery, so I put it on the charger. It was pretty low (around 30% I think), so I let it charge and tried to ride it again a couple of days later. It charged to 100% per my Schumacher digital charger, but a little bit of acid bubbled out of the top while charging. Day 2 While I was letting it warm up at idle, it died several times after only running a few seconds each time. When I started backing out of the garage, it died a few more times as soon as I gave it throttle. Once I got it out of the garage, it died a few more times while giving it throttle in H. I rode for a few minutes at low speed with my son in the backyard, and it died a few more times when I would stop. At this point, I'm thinking bad gas instead of bad battery. Day 3 The tank was pretty low, the gas had been sitting in it a month or two, and I don't think I had and stabilizer in it, so I filled it up with fresh gas and some Seafoam the next day to try again. After a few more dies at idle while warming up, backing out, etc. I finally got it running long enough to ride around the neighborhood. It hesitated or sputtered a couple of times while giving it throttle at 30-40 MPH, but seemed to be running a little better after a while. Day 4 Today, after a couple of quick dies at idle, it seemed to be idling and running better. I took it out to our land to see how it was running, and it was doing fine for a while. After about 15 minutes of low speed riding, it hesitated or sputtered a couple of times, then died on me when I stopped. It took a few minutes to get it started again, died a few times while giving throttle, then I kept riding for another 15 minutes or so. Then it died, and wouldn't start again. I ended up having to push it around and winch it back up on the trailer. Does anybody have any idea what might be causing this dying problem? Does it sound like bad gas that I just need to run through it, or something else? It's only got 369 miles on it, has run just fine up until now, and never sucked up any water. I did the break-in oil change at 100 miles and another oil change/air filter service at 300 miles. Thanks in advance for any info/suggestions...

I have a late 90's Bayou 300 I use for hunting rig here in Bavaria Germany(I am stationed at the US base here). It starts and runs fine(great in fact), I can take off ride for 10,20,30 minutes, then it will just die(time is not the factor). It will restart fine, run for a second and die again, and again, then it will be fine for 10 or 20 or 30 minutes. Temperture not the issue, warm weather or cold doesnt matter. elevation not the issue, hills or flat not the issue. I removed tank, completely cleaned(yes some dirt in bottom. replace inline filter, carb seems good. It still feels like it is starving for gas when this happens, not an ignition issue. Do I need to pull tank again? pull carb and clean again? Thanks, Jack in Grafenwohr Germany

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