Oops, I should have re-read the original post, I forgot you’d had this bike for ages and were simply re-commissioning it
Thats whats baffling me the most Chris. It was fine and started up okay before, yet now she is being a bitch.
spark, fuel, timing. compression. fuel pressure and injector resistance are the areas jumping out at me.
Spark? - Yes Fuel? - Yes Timing? - Yes Compression? - I do have a tester. What reading should I look for or is just a balanced reading ok? Injector Resistence? - I could test those I guess. I assume their Ohms are in the Workshop manual?
i think 125-175? psi should suffice. injector resistance is probably around 16ohms. someone will know.
i'm guessing no "cough" on a "squirt" then either. I'm sure you've checked all the obvious but still have to go through them all, as would do this to myself!:- Fuel pump tone and duration on prime sounds normal? Starter churn is as fast as usual? Same spark plugs as when it last ran? Age of fuel/no chance of water in bottom of tank? - is it near empty? plus Finm stuff^.
When I was re-reading the thread you mentioned about removing an alarm, has the bike run since you did this or did you do this recently whilst doing the belts?
yes Chris, I bypassed the alarm years ago. The only new thing are the belts, pulley bearings and new starter leads.
Did you disconnnect the ht leads when doing the belts? It may or may not be a silly suggestion but they are connected the right way round aren’t they? Otherwise your spark will not be occurring on the correct engine stroke.
forgive me, my OCD has been killing me since i posted this, i need to correct it. ears and eyes, spark, fuel compression then timing. cos if compression is out, you would deffo go on to check the timing. anyhoo.
I'll be sorting it this weekend. A match down the plug holes to clear that out. I want to do that outside on drive and with a fire extinguisher handy. Then Im going to recheck everything. I unplugged the caps but left them hanging. No way to mix them up. I did consider this, but someone would have had to break in and swap them round. The vert ones are in a guide along with the tanks wiring so its pretty much impossible to mix up.
16 ohms? That’s a block of flats.. I’ll get me coat…. But 16 ohms is low! Fair play OP for having a go. I’d have had the white flag out ages ago….
