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[Dogboy900]

Went for a ride on Sunday and got caught in a massive downpour on the way home from the Rimutakas. Along the motorway my bike just stopped firing, at first it felt like running out of fuel but I had just filled up 50km ago. Pulled over and tried restarting but it would not catch, lights starter motor etc were working. Turned it off for a few minutes tried again and it started up fine. Off on my travels again and a couple of k's down the road same thing again. Once again gave it a few m inutes and was able to ride all the way back home.

My first thoughts were a load of bad fuel, or water getting into the electrics.

Went out today purely to check if it was running by heading backwards and forwards over the Rimutakas in glorious sunshine, and everything went fine... Except a couple of times when I turned off the engine when turning it back on again the dash did not light up but turning of and on again fixed it.

Soooo

What should I do?

Check all the connectors I can get to and give them a good squirt with CRC? Is there something it is most likely to be caused by?

Of course the sun is still shinning so maybe I should just go burn another tank of gas playing in the twisteys?

Cheers

[haydes55]

Burn another tank in the twisties, go nuts with the CRC and check your fuel tank, cap and breather. There could be water getting into the fuel causing spluttering etc.

[Dogboy900]

Ta Haydes55
Been through a full tank and going to go wild with the CRC tomorrow. Good idea to check the fuel breathers etc. Pretty sure it is a wet connector somewhere though.

[bogan]

Able to find a wiring diagram for your bike?

Could be the ignition barrel, depending on how that is wired...

[Dogboy900]

Able to find a wiring diagram for your bike?

Could be the ignition barrel, depending on how that is wired...

I will look online for one... What in particular am I looking for?

[bogan]

I will look online for one... What in particular am I looking for?

Just a wiring diagram for your model bike, I'll be happy to give it a lookover and help try and fault find, but just can't be arsed finding the diagram myself...

[F5 Dave]

... Except a couple of times when I turned off the engine when turning it back on again the dash did not light up but turning of and on again fixed it.

That sounds like dicky igni barrel. Give wobble wires behind it or a few knocks to see if it failing. Played that game before.

[Dogboy900]

Just a wiring diagram for your model bike, I'll be happy to give it a lookover and help try and fault find, but just can't be arsed finding the diagram myself...

I have a pdf file of the manual but can't figure out how to attach it to this. I suspeect the file is too big to attach.

If you pm me your email address I can flick it on to you

[bogan]

Just got the diagram, with the lights/starter continuing to go whent he bike didn't, doesn't really point to anything that specific. Were they full strength?

Though it couldn't hurt to give the ignition barrel a look over, and the fusebox, just see if any of the connectors are corroded or loose wires.

[Dogboy900]

Yeah they appeared to be full strength. I will give everything a good check over. Thanks for checking it out