Federico
Junior Member
I bought my fz6 about two months ago. It had been sitting on a show room floor for about a year, but it fired right up and rode just fine. I left the key turned on once and had to push start it, but other than that it has always started fine except for today.
I last rode the bike Sunday morning for about 60 miles. Thus morning I was cleaning the garage and rolled the bike out into the street. When it was time to put it away it primed the fuel pump but would not turn over. I made sure the kill switch was set to run and the bike was in neutral and the side stand was up and pulled the seat and side pods and checked all of the fuses and flicked relays and jiggled connectors. No luck. Turning the key on subsequent times it wouldn't even prime the pump.
I let the bike sit for a few hours. I have a 12v socket installed and I checked voltage through it with a digital multimeter. It read 12.2v with the key off, and dropped to less than 1v with the key on. The fuel pump still wouldn't prime. I removed and reinstalled the fuses again and the fuel pump primed. I push started the bike and it idled a little rough and intermittently blinked the Orange engine light.
I put on my helmet and rode around the block and it started displaying the Orange engine light steadily. I pulled back into my garage and the engine light turned off. I checked voltage through the socket again and it was 13.3v at idle. Revving the engine dropped the voltage to 9v and at higher revs to 6v. The Orange engine light came back on.
I killed the engine. With the key off I was getting 12.2v. Key on was less than 1v and it wouldn't prime the fuel pump. Pressing the start button wouldn't turn the starter, instead it made a loud click from the area of the gauge cluster and the display went blank.
Do I need a battery? A regulator rectifier? A stator? Do I need to investigate further?
I last rode the bike Sunday morning for about 60 miles. Thus morning I was cleaning the garage and rolled the bike out into the street. When it was time to put it away it primed the fuel pump but would not turn over. I made sure the kill switch was set to run and the bike was in neutral and the side stand was up and pulled the seat and side pods and checked all of the fuses and flicked relays and jiggled connectors. No luck. Turning the key on subsequent times it wouldn't even prime the pump.
I let the bike sit for a few hours. I have a 12v socket installed and I checked voltage through it with a digital multimeter. It read 12.2v with the key off, and dropped to less than 1v with the key on. The fuel pump still wouldn't prime. I removed and reinstalled the fuses again and the fuel pump primed. I push started the bike and it idled a little rough and intermittently blinked the Orange engine light.
I put on my helmet and rode around the block and it started displaying the Orange engine light steadily. I pulled back into my garage and the engine light turned off. I checked voltage through the socket again and it was 13.3v at idle. Revving the engine dropped the voltage to 9v and at higher revs to 6v. The Orange engine light came back on.
I killed the engine. With the key off I was getting 12.2v. Key on was less than 1v and it wouldn't prime the fuel pump. Pressing the start button wouldn't turn the starter, instead it made a loud click from the area of the gauge cluster and the display went blank.
Do I need a battery? A regulator rectifier? A stator? Do I need to investigate further?