1199 1199 Fresh Fuel, Now Will Not Start With Fuel Light Showing On Dash

Watching this closely--I have a 2012 1199S as well--6K miles--running great but always anticipating the next foot to fall!

 

I was going to say Throttle position sensor....my old rsv4 factory did the same thing...plugged the laptop in which it told me...tps sensor...

 

What about a MAP (Manifold Absolute Pressure) sensor or two? When I bought my bike, one was bad and it ran badly. Wouldn't rev high, lumpy idle. I replaced both, ran perfectly. My bike would always start though. Perhaps if both MAP sensors have failed, the bike may not start?

Greg

 

FWIW, you can see the MAP sensor values in the Melcodiag software. Mine shows as 0 or 255/254 with just the iginition on (I'm not sure if thats right).

 

@Lindsay McConnell Coincidentally, it was the same on my 899, the V cylinder prevented it starting. Replaced that plug and all fired up nicely but I had an intermittent misfire when riding, so I changed the H cylinder plug.

Pleased it's going again, must be a relief.

 

they look a little dirty. carbonated rather than oily it's likely it needs a good thrash to clean them out. Especially if you let it idle with a richer mixture. Could just be me but the gaps look large. But I have no idea what they spec is for Duc's - just comparing my old smoker days

 

On my 899, the old plugs had a gap of about 0.95mm after 9500 miles. New ones were about 0.6 to 0.7mm if that helps.

I'm no longer convinced that the 'winter warm up' is the right approach? Maybe we should just turn the bike over on the starting motor with the fuel pump disconnected for a few turns to move the oil around??? Or maybe just do nothing apart from adding fuel stabilizer.

 

Absolutely agree... I don't think a 10 minute run is enough... It's going to just coke up the valves, plugs etc