Recent content by sparrrowhawk

You are totally correct. Old plugs were sooted and wet .

Solved : It was spark plugs. Changed them and it started . A bit rough start but after it got warm and burned all the overload fuel due to my 10-15 attempts to start. Feel like a moron but hey we learn as we live.

Thanks guys.. Appreciate your help . Update to come when i have time to take it apart. The bike in question : Bildr.no

No luck even with new battery. New battery is at 12.95 volt fully charged and it did drop down to 10.28v while cranking . Similar behaviour as the old one. It was used whole summer 2014 without a single issue. It's parked for winter , battery is taken out and after that it won't start ...

Got my new Varta YT12B-4/YT12B-BS . Have put in acid and let it rest for 2 hours. Voltage was 12.70 so but now i will let it charge for 10 hours while i am at work. Will put in after its fully charged. If it's still messing around then we gotta start looking at fuel/plugs etc.

I have ordered new Varta battery . Will get it by Thursday. I think the current battery is the original one from 2007 when bike was delivered. Fully charged it's about 12.85 and while cranking it will drop to 10 to 10.30 . After one crank it will go back to 12.50- 12.55 when i turn off...

Allright new update : I went out to restart the bike . Entered the diag mode and guess what.. No error codes anymore . I have not done anything .Just left it the bike with battery inside. I have also installed a ctek comfort plug with battery indicator (led lights which tell the state of...

Thanks for replies so far . This is a 2007 FZ6-N with about 9300 miles. Bike looks good and the 2 years in my ownership it has been faithful without any issue the past 4500 miles .It has had regular service at Yamaha dealership . I have only replaced the levers but previous owner did...

Parked my bike in October last year for winter. Took the battery out on Saturday . Charged it up and tried to fire up the bike. It won't start . I tried to start with loose negative connection as I manage to loose the nut . Charged the battery again and got new nut . Now its properly tied...