Always listen to squiggles

[ital916]

I have a workshop manual..........it's useless.........I have a hammer, now i'm going to bash something , hey david, you should complain that no maccers was open for you at five am lol

[PirateJafa]

hey david, you should complain that no maccers was open for you at five am lol

Well that was one valid complaint.

Note to self: Next time we stay up to 5am working on a bike, kill a extra hour at home until 6am before going food-hunting. :P

[ital916]

Well sean came over today to look at betty, thanks for the help much appreciated sean . Anyway i've been riding all of yesterday and today and she was riding fine, kick started and all. Sean and I went through and looked at the HT lead. Turns out it's a one piece thats attached to the coil so looks like i'll need to buy a new unit, with a coil etc attached. We went for a pootle around to test her and she was running fine. Sean went home, and I went to the petrol station *a bp lol* to top up. Took two min to put in petrol, went to start her and "blrrt", she wasn't kicking into life. Gah tried a few time then let her cool down. Tried again and nothing, at which point a good Samaritan came and gave me a push start and i just got her going, and off i went. Got home and shut her off then kicked her and she started. Hmmmm , it's like a game of russian roulette lol

[Ragingrob]

I think I know who wears the pants in your relationship Dushy sorry mate!

[motorbyclist]

Turns out it's a one piece thats attached to the coil so looks like i'll need to buy a new unit, with a coil etc attached.

sounds very expensive

the leads should be able to be removed from the coil; unscrew the bit where the lead goes into the coil and you'll find the lead is merely stuck on a pointy electrode. if not then WTF were those suzuki engineers thinking when they built that bike? every other bike i've seen has had leads and coils as different, seperable parts

[homer]

while its running ,if it does this ....put your finger on the top and the edge of the plug cap if you get small shocks you will know its the ht lead at fault

Dont touch metal of the bike at the same time

[xwhatsit]

sounds very expensive

the leads should be able to be removed from the coil; unscrew the bit where the lead goes into the coil and you'll find the lead is merely stuck on a pointy electrode. if not then WTF were those suzuki engineers thinking when they built that bike? every other bike i've seen has had leads and coils as different, seperable parts

I questioned that too, in another thread about another Suzuki. Apparently it's something Suzuki (or whoever makes their coils) does. Very silly.

[Ixion]

Yep. At least some Suzukis (can't say all, maybe), the HT lead is molded right into the plastic moulding surrounding the coil itself. No way is it removeable.

You can get connectors tto attach a new bit f HT lead . or could, anyway, suppose that'll be another essential and useful thing that's disappeared .

[MDR2]

Well that was one valid complaint.

Note to self: Next time we stay up to 5am working on a bike, kill a extra hour at home until 6am before going food-hunting. :P

Greenlane maccers is open 24/7

[EJK]

Thanks for the repairs done on the FXR Steve lol

[motorbyclist]

Thanks for the repairs done on the FXR Steve lol

will you be coming on the ride this sunday?

FXR FTW