shorting noise?
 

as title says. Off to AR tomorrow, suzy playing up. start her up, sat on tickover, shes slighlty rough on idle..carbs balanced....sit there a min, and theres a click or short noise ,and she cuts out. Coming from around the rear coil/spark plug area. I know this as I have the tank up at the mo.
Apart from this oddity shes seems to run fine, as i had her out yesterday for a run. YC came up to have a look and she was fine...today shes doing this again........what is this strange noise?

will she blow up tomorrow, can't find any chaffed wiring anywhere either


HELP...no mechanics available...just little me

Re: shorting noise?
 

When it gets dark, take another look at the rear HT lead, if the insulation has broken down you might see small sparks coming off the lead, and also sometimes a crackling noise can be heard.

It's difficult to diagnose a noise that can't be heard obviously, but if the noise is coming from the rear coil area it could be your trouble.

Re: shorting noise?
 

we put a new HT lead on a couple of weeks ago....but I'll have a looksi, at the wrath of my neighbours

Re: shorting noise?
 

nope, no light show...lol. and she didn't cut out....me thinks the gremlins are being naughty, in the instances that this odd short type noise occurs...she has a lump or two on idle, the crackle appears, then she cuts


She didn't do it...its very intermittent, it didn't happen while YC was here yesterday either...grrrrrr

Re: shorting noise?
 

In that case it's definately worth a look. According to the maxim which holds that anything that's just been disturbed is a suspect.

Even new things.

Thinking about it especially new things.

Re: shorting noise?
 

hmmm, makes sense to me,
would a coil do this sorta thing? I ask cause i'm carp at this sort of thing!!

So, get up at the crack of dawn, run round stupid, take kid to school, go to Halffrauds, get some more HT lead(just in case), read manual, as YC is doing Mels bike, Matts attemping to re mot the raptor, OMG I need a fuury god mother, hope they all come to my house early after all....rip her apart, scratch heads again, and leave Halifax for 11 am

ARGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH......anyone got a coil hanging about?



OR alternatively........PRAY a lot

Re: shorting noise?
 

That sucks.
That sucks more than still being at work posting useless comments over how much that sucks.

:smt075

Hope you get it sorted. At least you've got a spare.

Motorcycles - who'd have only one??

:rolleyes:

Re: shorting noise?
 

3rd option:

Stick fingers in ears, repeat 'lalalalalalalalala' plenty and pretend it's all OK.


(I didn't say it was a good option - but it is an option)

Re: shorting noise?
 

I do have a spare, but suzy is supposed to be going to the AR, I've waited 18 months to get her to do massive distance. went to NW3 on a wing and a prayer, it nearly killed her off!! which leads me to.......

just what I was thinking.......but if she dares to do this in the morning, she will be put in a corner with a dunce hat on and the other one will be going to the party....FFS shes done 600 miles in 2 years, had money thrown at her, been stripped to bare bones, and lovingly put back together, threatened with a hammer..... and still those gremlins won't be banished

Re: shorting noise?
 

Could you see if there's interference on a TV while the engine is running?