idle, bike that is.

washed my S.V. this morning all ready for a fun ride in the sunshine. bike didn't feel right, all popping and phlut phlut. crawled home in a sorry state.
now i know they're not the best for water ingress in the electrics.
but where do I start looking first.
I'm beginning to feel its the showroom.

Wet front plug ?

+1, try and ride round for a bit, locally if your worried about it dieing and not restarting, round your estate etc mine was missing the other day i went out for a ride every time i stopped it kept trying to stall and cut out every so often but once i ridden for a bit it was fine

Spray some WD40 in the drainage hole for the front plug. This should get rid of water in there.

thanks peeps.
sean, wheres the drainage hole for the front plug??
b.t.w. its a pointy.

Originally Posted by Gene genie

thanks peeps.
sean, wheres the drainage hole for the front plug??
b.t.w. its a pointy.

I have no idea on a pointy, on a curvy its on the riders right, about half way down the cylinder.

About the same place on a Pointy as well . I had a similar problem a while back with the bike running like a sack of poo . I ended up buying 2 new plugs and it was fine after that . I think the core on the front plug had degraded to the point of uselessness , I suspect they were the OEM plugs as well and had done around 17k so had been worked hard . Manual suggests a change at 7k , banged 2 new ones in and instantly the bike was spot on .

thanks again guys. i think i've located the drainer sean, seen it a million times and never knew what it was for. right then, off t'garage.