Yamaha FZX250 Zeal question

[RonR]

Hi there,

Long time reader first time writer. I have recently purchased a '93 Yamaha FZX250 Zeal and am having a couple problems with it. It's a great looking bike and runs fine but there are some starting issues. Whenever I turn the key to on, hot or cold, a ticking sound is heard from the engine somewhere and it lasts for about 5 seconds then stops. On a cold start with the choke out the engine will fire up no problems, but when I take it for a spin and come to a standstill the bike conks out and takes forever to start up again. The engine turns over but won't start for a few minutes.

Could this be a start motor problem or is the battery on the way out, or does this sound more sinister?

Any help would be great.

RonR.

[Hitcher]

That's your fuel pump. No worries. Lots of bikes do a noise like that.

The other conking out problem sounds like something a decent tune-up would fix. Get thee to a decent Yamaha mechanic!