fekking annoying

[toads]

HT leads???? sorry for being a dumbass but what be them??

the thickish leads that go from your spark plugs to the coils

[aff-man]

the thickish leads that go from your spark plugs to the coils

will check em now. Cheers

[FROSTY:Me]

aff man --before doing that -um i had the same problem with mty zxr and it was the carb inlet rubbers sucking in air

[aff-man]

aff man --before doing that -um i had the same problem with mty zxr and it was the carb inlet rubbers sucking in air

Oh you had better not be talking about the manifold seals (ones between carbs and manifold) cause i just spend quite a bit of money getting them replaced. And i don't think it's the same problem cause it doesn't like splutter die it just dies like someone turning of a light switch. But the fiddle with electrics seems to have worked will causiously take her out tomorrow AFTER exam hahahah

[Sniper]

Oh you had better not be talking about the manifold seals (ones between carbs and manifold) cause i just spend quite a bit of money getting them replaced. And i don't think it's the same problem cause it doesn't like splutter die it just dies like someone turning of a light switch. But the fiddle with electrics seems to have worked will causiously take her out tomorrow AFTER exam hahahah

Cool, keep us up to date with whats happening

[Devil]

Having almost similar problems myself, but not to the same extent. its almost like im losing a couple of cylinders for a second.

When I went to start the bike yesterday, the start kicked over fine, but the engine didnt catch (which is very very unusual, as it always starts first time every time when its cold). Switched it off, back on, same thing, fiddled with the cut switch, tried again, same prob, switched it off and back on, then it went first pop. *shrug*

Im getting sick of this fecking bike.
Its this kind of thing that make me want to go buy a new CB900 hornet when i get my full. Two years warranty, no more old bike problems.

[enigma51]

Devil your problem can be either the carbs or the plugs (spark plugs).

Aff man if you cant find any problems with the cables check the altinater (How ever you spell it) a few years ago I had a similiar problem were it will just die almost like you hit the kill switch on and off. Ended up fiddiling with everything could not get it fixed took it to my local bike shop and all they did was replace the altinater and it was fixed. He gave a explantion of there is a short or something that caused the bike to not get power and therefore cut out.

Good luck and keep us up to date with progress

[Zapf]

Hay aff-man,
This might be a bit late, but I was about to say that you can catch a ride with me. I was tempted to say you can borrow my SV.... heheh.

Well give me a call if you need transport in any form, the Jazz can take most things except a whole bike.

Cheers
Zapf

[onearmedbandit]

I'm going to go against the flow here and suggest checking the fueling side of the equation. Vacuum carbs on the ZXR400 if I remember right? If there is even a slight leak you can get the symptons you've described. I would check the filter first (should be located in the petcock assembly on the bottom of the tank. May require complete removal of your tank.) Next check the fuel line and breather. Finally check inlet manifold seal and also airbox seal. Hopefully you'll find something there. If not, and if its still not sorted, get the carbs checked by a proper carb shop. Vacuum carbs are a reasonably complex and sensitive device to set-up. Hope you get it sorted.

Or I'm completely wrong, but the same check over, short of getting the carbs checked, worked on a bike of mine that had similar symptons.

[aff-man]

arrrrrrrrrr well here is the supposed conclusion of the story. And still fecking annoying. Right so i wheel her out of the garage and of course the faulty problems have left a lot of fuel sitting in the carbs so after a backfire she seems to be running fine. Turn her off get all the gear on and try to turn her on again. press the on button and nuttin. nudda zippo. Si i am really annoyed. So start going through the clips and realise that they all fecking run to more clips in the front fairing after a wiggle of these clips she starts up first go no worries. So i'm thinking cool. I get akm from my house and she dies . Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr so try to start her and nothing , try push starting and nothing. Start getting even more irritated. Then in a blinding moment of clarity i remember that i turned the fuel off to look under the petrol tank and FORGOT TO TURN IT ON AGAIN. So after cursing myself a bit i turn it on and in 5 secs she is up and running and i have had no problems since.

[onearmedbandit]

Thats what you get for going against the flow, the very next post is the 'its running again!' variety, and you're way off the mark. Oh well. Sorted anyway.

[avgas]

ripped all the electrics out through the ignition and cleaned it all. Then filled her up with octane booster and took it for a reasonable ride. Came down to 2 things, the spark plugs and lead had fouled, also water had run in through the air vents and was slowly filling the carbs while i sat at the lights (my air ram tubes were missing at the time). The choke and idle on these things are a bit dicky too so if all else fails try messing with them