TheFemaleBiker
Junior Member
So I was on my way to work yesterday and after about 5 minutes or less of riding I suddenly lost cylinders 1 and 4, the whole bike then cut out about 20 feet after that which I think was due to the ignition fuse blowing.
I got the bike home and took it all apart and started testing wires etc, I checked all the wires and everything seemed ok, I changed the spark plugs and the fuse that blew. I turned the ignition on, the fuse blew again so I put a 20amp fuse in and tried again, except when the fuel pump primed I heard a pop (not sure where from, I did have the tank lifted and the air box slightly off) it started up but still only running on two cylinders. I then looked closer at the ignition coil to find this:
I'm not sure if the pop was this breaking or if it cracked whilst I was riding, I'm assuming whilst riding. I've ordered a used coil off eBay. it should arrive this week, which I'm hoping will fix this issue. I thought it was just a little odd is all, the bike has never felt sluggish or anything like that, the engine has always seemed fine whilst riding, for it to just die was rather odd for me. I'm assuming coils just die eventually/burn out or whatever, but my bike is only an 08 model. I was just wondering if anyone else has ever had this at all?
I got the bike home and took it all apart and started testing wires etc, I checked all the wires and everything seemed ok, I changed the spark plugs and the fuse that blew. I turned the ignition on, the fuse blew again so I put a 20amp fuse in and tried again, except when the fuel pump primed I heard a pop (not sure where from, I did have the tank lifted and the air box slightly off) it started up but still only running on two cylinders. I then looked closer at the ignition coil to find this:
I'm not sure if the pop was this breaking or if it cracked whilst I was riding, I'm assuming whilst riding. I've ordered a used coil off eBay. it should arrive this week, which I'm hoping will fix this issue. I thought it was just a little odd is all, the bike has never felt sluggish or anything like that, the engine has always seemed fine whilst riding, for it to just die was rather odd for me. I'm assuming coils just die eventually/burn out or whatever, but my bike is only an 08 model. I was just wondering if anyone else has ever had this at all?