Bike Not Starting

[21QUEST]

I believe I've found the fault

Gracias to everyone who has responded(yeah, even you Billy ).

To Flymo and Zadar, special appreciation guys....



Ben

[21QUEST]

Oh, I've still got find exactly where the break is but I believe it should be too far down the loom.


Ben

Originally Posted by 21QUEST

I believe I've found the fault

Gracias to everyone who has responded(yeah, even you Billy ).

To Flymo and Zadar, special appreciation guys....



Ben

your welcome mate!! I bet it put a smile on your face

[flymo]

Originally Posted by 21QUEST

I believe I've found the fault

Gracias to everyone who has responded(yeah, even you Billy ).

To Flymo and Zadar, special appreciation guys....



Ben

Anytime. What did you find?

[21QUEST]

Originally Posted by flymo

Anytime. What did you find?

Turned out it was the Orange/Red* wire(with the resistor) that goes to ignition.

Power was getting to CDI and Plug Coil but before trying a different Ignition, it occurred to me , that I should check the continuity...from front section of main loom to the back(CDI). Bingo!!!.

Ideally, I need a new loom really, as the wire(and prolly others too) isn't in that good a shape. I've sort of bodged it for now and will hopefully source a new loom(gambling it'd be better) or might try and get someone to make me one.

It's been frustrating , cost me time and money but I leant stuff...so not all bad suppose lol.

*Edit:



Ben

[Dave20046]

where's the main engine earth?


Glad you got it sorted ben - now come and fix mine :P

back of engine right in front of swingarm pivot.

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by zadar

back of engine right in front of swingarm pivot.

Cheers zadar
Any other bad earth hotspots to check?

there are bunch of them inside wire harness but all end there on engine, actually battery is direct to engine and rest are on connector attached to that big ground wire right next to battery.

[21QUEST]

Originally Posted by Dave20046

where's the main engine earth?


Glad you got it sorted ben - now come and fix mine :P

Or so we thought

Looks like like it's not fully sorted. My solution was to run a wire directly from the CDI end to the ignition end. I think the corroded wire I found was just the tip of the iceberg unfortunately....

Bike cut out yesterday again. Could bump start it but wouldn't run with headlight on. Everytime I switched the headlight on, it would cut out. made for an interesting ride.

Checking with a Voltmetre comfirm the Voltage stable, wiithout headlight on but flicking the switch on, made it start dropping....VERY FAST.

Errr summin aint right me thinks hehe. I should be doing a loom swap this morning. It's one off an S but that would have to do for the moment....gets bike working properly(I hope) atleast.

Dave, what year is your bike ?


Ben