Hard to start bike after tons of rain

Originally Posted by tomtomskin

hey, I had a very simular issue. (actually worse than your's. Couldn't run in the rain for 10 minutes before loosing a cylinder.) I did all the checks all suggested above. I found no damp around the spark plug and the drainer was clean and clear. I followed the HT lead round to the ignition coil ( mounted just on the inside of the frame on the left hand side) A small twist of the lead and a load of water came flooding out.

The Ignition coil was a relatively cheap part to replace and although fiddly only took me a coule hours to do.
Haven't had the problem since at all.

Could almost go swimming with it :P

I dare ya to try it

Originally Posted by tomtomskin

Could almost go swimming with it :P

Oi! That's MY party trick!

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Originally Posted by SoulKiss

At the risk of cursing things, mine hasn't.

You don't get proper rain down here

my k3 does this as well. cant work out why either. its always stalls and just about starts. almost given up on it and going to convert to in-line 4 permanently

Cheers Guys,

I'll be doing some checking over the weekend, see if i can make up some protection for the vital parts. I love my K3 and really don't want to have to get rid of it and get an inline 4 so we will see. In the dry the bike runs brilliantly and i have ridden in some crazy rain on the M! before now and its never bothered it.

Well i'll get a fender extender, check that drain hole, get some silicone grease for the plug cap and see if i can make some rubber coats for the coils to keep them cosy.

I had this problem before on another bike where when the coils were soaked the bike would go crazy. I made some rubber coats for the coils from old bicycle inner-tube and the bike was fine.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by kiggles

my k3 does this as well. cant work out why either. its always stalls and just about starts. almost given up on it and going to convert to in-line 4 permanently

There is a seal on the plug lead - ensure that this is seated properly.

I have looked at a couple of pointies with this issue and in both cases the lead was not seated right.

i'll check it out, cheers bud