Here I go again
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Here I go again
Hello everyone,
I've been quiet for sometime while I tackle my electrical issue from
Oct '08. Cliff brought over his 911 code reader, hooked it up to the
CS and guess what - no faults found. Maybe it's the battery, even
though it is only one year old, kept indoors during the winter and
occasionally trickle charged - it may be a lemon. I've considered
upgrading my battery to the Odyssey PC310 which has been used successfully by other F650 riders. I just had a thought, maybe I should check the electrolyte level first?
Will let you know how I progress.
Cheers
ps - enjoy the week, weather prediction looks fantastic
I've been quiet for sometime while I tackle my electrical issue from
Oct '08. Cliff brought over his 911 code reader, hooked it up to the
CS and guess what - no faults found. Maybe it's the battery, even
though it is only one year old, kept indoors during the winter and
occasionally trickle charged - it may be a lemon. I've considered
upgrading my battery to the Odyssey PC310 which has been used successfully by other F650 riders. I just had a thought, maybe I should check the electrolyte level first?
Will let you know how I progress.
Cheers
ps - enjoy the week, weather prediction looks fantastic
Dino- Number of posts : 432
Location : Cole Harbour, NS
Registration date : 2007-11-20
Re: Here I go again
Charged the battery, pulled the spark plugs and cleaned the tips, the plugs are correctly gaped, ground each spark plug to the frame and no sparks. I can smell fuel in the cylinder so the fuel pump works, the starter is cranking the engine over but I'm not getting any ignition.
To be continued..........
To be continued..........
Dino- Number of posts : 432
Location : Cole Harbour, NS
Registration date : 2007-11-20
Re: Here I go again
Good luck - hopefully they can get it sorted before too long.
1st- Number of posts : 366
Location : Middle Sackville
Registration date : 2008-01-04
Re: Here I go again
Solved - spark plugs
I also asked them to carry out the 20k maintenance cycle, and they found a few other issues that I had missed.
:^)
I also asked them to carry out the 20k maintenance cycle, and they found a few other issues that I had missed.
:^)
Dino- Number of posts : 432
Location : Cole Harbour, NS
Registration date : 2007-11-20
Re: Here I go again
Must've been a bad batch. I had a bad one, on my way back from the DownEast.
Hope that solves your troubles.
Hope that solves your troubles.
r90sLifer- Number of posts : 779
Location : Waverley,NS
Registration date : 2007-11-18
Re: Here I go again
r90sLifer wrote: Must've been a bad batch. I had a bad one, on my way back from the DownEast.
Hope that solves your troubles.
I agree, they were original plugs with only 16,900 km's. Maybe I should carry spares
:^)
Dino- Number of posts : 432
Location : Cole Harbour, NS
Registration date : 2007-11-20
Re: Here I go again
Hindsight is always 20/20 but I learned the hard way I should carry 2 spares.
First sign of trouble ........ always swap out the plugs......... at least then you can rule that out as a cause.
My new platinums went bad in Truro heading to Colorado........ ( probably just one of them ).
Put in my $2 spares and it ran for a year.
First sign of trouble ........ always swap out the plugs......... at least then you can rule that out as a cause.
My new platinums went bad in Truro heading to Colorado........ ( probably just one of them ).
Put in my $2 spares and it ran for a year.
Last edited by TREE on Thu Jun 11, 2009 9:32 pm; edited 2 times in total
Re: Here I go again
Those of us who started with 2-stroke bikes (remember the Yamaha Twin Jet 100!) learned quickly to always have a spare set of plugs. I still carry a spare set, although my R50/5 never had a spark plug failure in 35 years of riding it. Must be my gentle riding:-)
keng- Number of posts : 253
Location : Dartmouth, NS
Registration date : 2008-01-22
Re: Here I go again
Rode my CS back to Cole Harbour from Atlantic Motoplex today. A bit of rain here and there, not much to write home about. The wind on the other hand, holy cow. Quite the blustery conditions up at the Pass. Anyway, I'm really happy to be riding once again. Have my spare set of spark plugs and replaced the rear tire with a Pirelli Diablo Rosso. Soft rubber, I'm interested to see how it fares this season. Nice to see clean brake fluid once again in the brake reservoirs. Bliss.
Dino- Number of posts : 432
Location : Cole Harbour, NS
Registration date : 2007-11-20
Re: Here I go again
Dino - good to hear you are back on the road
1st- Number of posts : 366
Location : Middle Sackville
Registration date : 2008-01-04
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