Please help, I just bought a 1998 600 katana yesterday. not running. I fixed everything I saw that was wrong (he had let mud collect in the spark plug socket area!!) and got the bike to run under odd conditions:
When i start the bike it runs fine (no gas tank on I use starter fluid and it actually runs on it like gas for minutes at a time(as long as I hold the starter button) but the catch is I have to hold the starter button to keep it running. As soon as I let go I might get 2-3 more sparks but thats it.
The guy cut wires and was attempting I believe to fix the lights, I have taken most of his light wiring out, and removed all light bulbs, and the two fuses for the headlights to eliminate the light wiring mess as the problem
There are blown fuses everywhere (for the lights)
There was a blown 15amp fuse for the starter relay (should be 30, i replaced) that he just wrapped wire around to keep it from blowing (idiot)
The clutch switch is weird so he wrapped wire around the contacts. I just took apart the switch and manually moved the switch to the on postion
The bike is in neutral, side kick down. clutch switch on, kill switch is on (like so the bike runs, on)
also the starter button was lost and replaced with another push type, and of course he getto wired that as well. I have checked the wiring and it was done right.
I've been running continuity checks all over this thing, I unconnected the alternator, the battery (running of 2/40/200 amp starter) (I start the bike on 40 amp and works fine, have gone up to 200 to see if it would stay on when letting go of switch) took off all lights.
help?!?!
When i start the bike it runs fine (no gas tank on I use starter fluid and it actually runs on it like gas for minutes at a time(as long as I hold the starter button) but the catch is I have to hold the starter button to keep it running. As soon as I let go I might get 2-3 more sparks but thats it.
The guy cut wires and was attempting I believe to fix the lights, I have taken most of his light wiring out, and removed all light bulbs, and the two fuses for the headlights to eliminate the light wiring mess as the problem
There are blown fuses everywhere (for the lights)
There was a blown 15amp fuse for the starter relay (should be 30, i replaced) that he just wrapped wire around to keep it from blowing (idiot)
The clutch switch is weird so he wrapped wire around the contacts. I just took apart the switch and manually moved the switch to the on postion
The bike is in neutral, side kick down. clutch switch on, kill switch is on (like so the bike runs, on)
also the starter button was lost and replaced with another push type, and of course he getto wired that as well. I have checked the wiring and it was done right.
I've been running continuity checks all over this thing, I unconnected the alternator, the battery (running of 2/40/200 amp starter) (I start the bike on 40 amp and works fine, have gone up to 200 to see if it would stay on when letting go of switch) took off all lights.
help?!?!
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