bike shut off in torrential rain

[erok011]

I rode about a mile, stopped at a light and the bike shut off. I tried to restart and it cranked but didn't start. I thought maybe no fuel to ignite. I turned it off put on prime for a few sec, and it turned over. This all took place after light went green, red, then green again, so maybe a min or 2. It a 04 600, any ideas?


erik


also sometimes i pull clutch and it wont crank, i pull again and it starts, i think i am going to bypass the clutch switch

[Free Coffee]

Well- were you low on fuel? Are you completely engaging the clutch?

Had the Kat die at a light on me, similar symptoms (except starting on prime)- was the battery.

[Enjay386]

I've had that happen before. Then I turned off the kill switch, lol.

[erok011]

neither of those are it i'm afraid, i have to pull the petcock and check the vac line. ohh crap i just got puked on. (6 month old)

[acraze]

Rain and the clutch lever connector switch always gave me that kind of problem but I dunno

[waffenampt]

I went riding in the rain for around 2 hours today. Finally the katana started acting funny and stalled at a stop sign. Wouldnt restart after several times at cranking at it. Finally had to pop start in 3rd gear to get it fired back up. After the rain stopped it ran fine again. Probly water getting into one of your connections.

[Malloc]

hmm i have riden my kat in a tropical to hurican before , got blown over at a light it was so hard , and went threw flooded streets higher then my engine covers and had no problem , the bike kept going threw wthe flood i was happy.
sorry u didnt have same luck

[md86]

Wiring issue . Been there , done that , did the ride of shame in a car in wet leathers . Now you gotta figger out WHERE exactly ..... Mine seemed to have been a signal generator on the way out .

[kwillz17]

i had the same problem. can you say exactly what i should be looking for?

[05RedKat600]

i had the same problem. can you say exactly what i should be looking for?

Well- were you low on fuel? Are you completely engaging the clutch?

Had the Kat die at a light on me, similar symptoms (except starting on prime)- was the battery.

I've had that happen before. Then I turned off the kill switch, lol.

Rain and the clutch lever connector switch always gave me that kind of problem but I dunno

I went riding in the rain for around 2 hours today. Finally the katana started acting funny and stalled at a stop sign. Wouldnt restart after several times at cranking at it. Finally had to pop start in 3rd gear to get it fired back up. After the rain stopped it ran fine again. Probly water getting into one of your connections.

Wiring issue . Been there , done that , did the ride of shame in a car in wet leathers . Now you gotta figger out WHERE exactly ..... Mine seemed to have been a signal generator on the way out .

Read this thread. Everything I quoted could be the issue. There is no one thing that could be wrong....you have to find it. Start with the stuff I have quoted here.

[Wild-Bill]

...and it could be that you don't have a hose attached to the drain line coming out the bottom of your tank.

[Jeff_92_600]

i have had a similar problem with mine i'm sure it has to do water getting in through the air box some how.