WTF
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WTF
OK, so my ignition decided to crap out on me Wednesday night while trying to get the bike ready for hoonfest. No spark! Last time I parked her she ran fine, now nothing. everything tested out fine individually, but when put together, nothing. Took it to a local shop and they said the same thing. They got it run once, shut it off to look at specs online and nothing again when they tried to fire it up again!! It has been at the shop since Thursday and they cant figure it out. Nothing is failing when each component is tested by itself, yet when fully assembled it wont spark at all! Has anyone ever had to deal with this before? I know the old analogue system sucks and I am debating on the 250 ignition but it seems to be debated if it really makes a difference. Definatley can't be any worse. I have a baby on the way in a few weeks and don't really want to spend extra money to expiriment with swapping the ignition unless its a definate improvement or my only alterantive.
Back in the day I had this problem that would come and go, for the life of me I could not work it out.
In the end my best mate found that the wires going to my coil were coming out, coil was bouncing on the wires as the bolt holding the coil had fallen out.
When the dealer put the bike together he hadn't tighten the bolt and I lost it and was riding with it hanging by the wires.
Check the wires are not pulling out of any of the connections, sounds dumb but could be the problem.
In the end my best mate found that the wires going to my coil were coming out, coil was bouncing on the wires as the bolt holding the coil had fallen out.
When the dealer put the bike together he hadn't tighten the bolt and I lost it and was riding with it hanging by the wires.
Check the wires are not pulling out of any of the connections, sounds dumb but could be the problem.
Jack Schitt
DIE FIRST, worry about it later!
DON'T talk about it, Just DO IT!
When in doubt, GO FLAT OUT!
2001 CR500R1 - SOLD
2007 CR250R7 - SOLD
Wife and Daughter - Left Aug 17 - 2010
Jack Schitt - ??????????????
DIE FIRST, worry about it later!
DON'T talk about it, Just DO IT!
When in doubt, GO FLAT OUT!
2001 CR500R1 - SOLD
2007 CR250R7 - SOLD
Wife and Daughter - Left Aug 17 - 2010
Jack Schitt - ??????????????
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- tacogrande
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Number one rule when dealing with electrical gremlins, check your connections. Pull them apart, scuff them up with emery cloth and reassemble. Sounds like a ground issue to me, that will commonly cause intermittent faults. Pull the coil off the frame and sand it shiny on both sides. Check the insulation on the wires too, might be exposed wire in there somewhere grounding out.
Socal Hoon
Re: WTF
That I believe is the key...the only difference between the two scenarios is the contacts between the components.sugarshane wrote: everything tested out fine individually, but when put together, nothing.
As already stated, check you contacts, if the crimp connection of the plug/connector to the wire is the least bit loose and corroded it will cause intermittent failures.
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1999 Cr500
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2005 CRF250R
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2002 CR80
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2003 CR250R
2005 CRF250R
2006 YZ450F
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you can disconnect your kill switch by disconnecting the two wires that run from it under the tank,that is the surest way to check it. also make sure your earth wire is earthed out(the one bolted onto the coil/frame). if you have doen this and if all else fails, you can pick up a cr250 ignition if you got cash to splash.but with whatever ignition you buy, they have to come as a complete unit, you should never buy a different flywheel/stator combo.
good luck
good luck
do it!... cos if you dont, youll spend the rest of your life thinking about it anyway!
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I spent over a month trying to diagnose why my bike would die and not start until it felt like it....in the end it turned out that the little e-clip holding the plunger in the kill switch had come off and was bouncing around inside the kill switch causing it to shut the bike down on occasion........now I only use the flat square Yamaha YZ kill switches on my bike and my sons because those rubber Honda units get damaged too easy since they're so tall.
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2006 Honda CBR 1000RR Fireblade
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2006 Honda CBR 1000RR Fireblade
My Drinking team has a Racing problem !