hi guys
until recently i was a VERY happy GSXR 1000/K3 owner, bought secondhand with just 5000 km on it - totally sweet !! but a while ago its electrics started playing all sorts of ''dirty tricks'', driving me nuts in the process. first was a problem with the FI which got sorted, then the exhaust valve (it wouldn't open..& the only way my mechanic got to fix it was to make it stay open - i don't know how...) & now i have this peculiar thing going : when i insert & turn the key i get that characteristic display of tach needle going around then back , fuel pump priming noise & such but sometimes such noises go on & on, other times only one of the noises happens( no pump primming noise here...) & just to get me real confused sometimes no noises at all. obviously this results in being abble to start the bike or not, depending. when riding lately i have had the added ''bonus'' of always having my neutral light on plus the side stand not killing the engine when deployed. also in the morning usually there isn't enough juice to start the bike - although it starts imediately going a few feet downhill, after riding it for a few miles it has more than enough juice to start , over & over again, no problems. also on removal of the fairing panels i found out a melted corner on a plug coming out of the rectifier ( big finned lump on the side of the seat ?..) which i insulated by applying a gob of Tech 7 mastique/silicone thingy. after finding this i thoroughly inspected EVERY contact on the electrical system, EVERY wire, fuse - you name it & finished it off by a very liberal spraying of WD40. had some corrosion on some plugs/contacts & got rid of that too.
tried to go riding the next day & same things happened.....all over again !! AAARGH"#&$* !!! just as if nothing had been done....
can anyone please shed some light here please, pretty please ? it's taking all the pleasure i have riding
although i am a reasonably adventurous/methodic/skilled newbie mechanic, when it comes to electrics my knowledge is zilch : i'm lucky to know there's a positive & a negative & that's about it.....
desperate from the south of Portugal....:headscrat
until recently i was a VERY happy GSXR 1000/K3 owner, bought secondhand with just 5000 km on it - totally sweet !! but a while ago its electrics started playing all sorts of ''dirty tricks'', driving me nuts in the process. first was a problem with the FI which got sorted, then the exhaust valve (it wouldn't open..& the only way my mechanic got to fix it was to make it stay open - i don't know how...) & now i have this peculiar thing going : when i insert & turn the key i get that characteristic display of tach needle going around then back , fuel pump priming noise & such but sometimes such noises go on & on, other times only one of the noises happens( no pump primming noise here...) & just to get me real confused sometimes no noises at all. obviously this results in being abble to start the bike or not, depending. when riding lately i have had the added ''bonus'' of always having my neutral light on plus the side stand not killing the engine when deployed. also in the morning usually there isn't enough juice to start the bike - although it starts imediately going a few feet downhill, after riding it for a few miles it has more than enough juice to start , over & over again, no problems. also on removal of the fairing panels i found out a melted corner on a plug coming out of the rectifier ( big finned lump on the side of the seat ?..) which i insulated by applying a gob of Tech 7 mastique/silicone thingy. after finding this i thoroughly inspected EVERY contact on the electrical system, EVERY wire, fuse - you name it & finished it off by a very liberal spraying of WD40. had some corrosion on some plugs/contacts & got rid of that too.
tried to go riding the next day & same things happened.....all over again !! AAARGH"#&$* !!! just as if nothing had been done....
can anyone please shed some light here please, pretty please ? it's taking all the pleasure i have riding
although i am a reasonably adventurous/methodic/skilled newbie mechanic, when it comes to electrics my knowledge is zilch : i'm lucky to know there's a positive & a negative & that's about it.....
desperate from the south of Portugal....:headscrat