Well, I THOUGHT I had spark....I can get a little white spark with some new plugs, grounded on the frame.
THE FRUSTERATION GOES ON....
93 gsx600F katana
One day while riding normally, my bike suddenly lost power. It didn't stall, but it felt like it was only firing on 3 cyls., for example. Then after a matter of seconds the problem corrected itself and I rode the short trip home. After parking the bike for the night, I went out the next day, only to sadly discover that my baby had no heartbeat. It just wouldn't start.....no spark
I was surprised at this since this was just a day or two after I got back from a motorcycle trip with a buddy where we drove a couple thousand km, and the bike never acted up once.
BATTERY INFO:--I killed the battery running the starter. Then I charged the battery. And tested the electrical system (coils, pickup coil). Everything was within the specified ranges. So, I figure it's a bad battery. BUT, after installing a new battery I still had no spark.
ALSO PLEASE NOTE: The battery that was installed in the bike (prior to when I got it) was not the 'appropriate' battery, it was much larger than normal (the battery holder was cut to fit it) --- but 12V is 12V right? Could this have caused the problem in the first place?-- currently I have the specified battery installed.
I tested for spark by grounding a plug against the frame. I tested both coils and all four plugs and wires, but NEITHER coil had any 'significant' spark (each coil tested within specified resistances - secondary and primary). It seems highly unlikely that both ignition coils should fail at the exact same time, and the only spark I get is a tiny white/yellow, like I spoke of above.
So where can the problem be?
I cleaned my ground connections (at least the one's I'm aware of)
Perhaps the problem lies somewhere around the signal generator rotor?!? --can this part just "burn out" suddenly? But it's telling the system when to fire...so it should still be 'good' right?!?!?
-All my fuses are A-OK.
-All lights work as normal....but the high beam indicator has always been iffy (sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't)
-I bought a "new" (from a '92) CDI and wireharness, coils etc., from ebay that I'm going to mess around with, but I would really just like to end the frusteration and know what the problem is. -- I tried these, but the results are the same as with original equipment
Do these bikes have fusible links anywhere?
Would a dealer have a useful test for this?
Could the CDI be fried?
I AM LOST...somebody please help me (again)
THE FRUSTERATION GOES ON....
93 gsx600F katana
One day while riding normally, my bike suddenly lost power. It didn't stall, but it felt like it was only firing on 3 cyls., for example. Then after a matter of seconds the problem corrected itself and I rode the short trip home. After parking the bike for the night, I went out the next day, only to sadly discover that my baby had no heartbeat. It just wouldn't start.....no spark
I was surprised at this since this was just a day or two after I got back from a motorcycle trip with a buddy where we drove a couple thousand km, and the bike never acted up once.
BATTERY INFO:--I killed the battery running the starter. Then I charged the battery. And tested the electrical system (coils, pickup coil). Everything was within the specified ranges. So, I figure it's a bad battery. BUT, after installing a new battery I still had no spark.
ALSO PLEASE NOTE: The battery that was installed in the bike (prior to when I got it) was not the 'appropriate' battery, it was much larger than normal (the battery holder was cut to fit it) --- but 12V is 12V right? Could this have caused the problem in the first place?-- currently I have the specified battery installed.
I tested for spark by grounding a plug against the frame. I tested both coils and all four plugs and wires, but NEITHER coil had any 'significant' spark (each coil tested within specified resistances - secondary and primary). It seems highly unlikely that both ignition coils should fail at the exact same time, and the only spark I get is a tiny white/yellow, like I spoke of above.
So where can the problem be?
I cleaned my ground connections (at least the one's I'm aware of)
Perhaps the problem lies somewhere around the signal generator rotor?!? --can this part just "burn out" suddenly? But it's telling the system when to fire...so it should still be 'good' right?!?!?
-All my fuses are A-OK.
-All lights work as normal....but the high beam indicator has always been iffy (sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't)
-I bought a "new" (from a '92) CDI and wireharness, coils etc., from ebay that I'm going to mess around with, but I would really just like to end the frusteration and know what the problem is. -- I tried these, but the results are the same as with original equipment
Do these bikes have fusible links anywhere?
Would a dealer have a useful test for this?
Could the CDI be fried?
I AM LOST...somebody please help me (again)
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