so last week i started my bike up to ride to work after it had been sitting out in the rain all weekend, had to choke it a little but it started up fine.... it ran really rough at low RPM's, but when I opened up the throttle it would clear up, when I came to a stop light and the engine idled, it cut off. It started back the first time, but did the exact same thing at the next stoplight but this time wouldnt start. The motor would turn all day, but it just wouldnt start. About an hour later after the motor had cooled down, it started back up just fine and ran smooth until I came to a stoplight, and when the RPM's dropped the motor died again, and it wouldnt start. An hour later it would start back up but did the same thing. Well I took off the gas tank and drained it out thinking I might have gotten some water in there, but the gas looked clear and today when I put it back together with clean gas, it wont start. The motor will turn all day, but it just wont start up. Any ideas? I heard from somebody it might be the CDI igniter box, but I don't know much about that. The bike is a 1995 ZX6-e... lemme know what you think.

10/15/2006 12:49:43 PM

The motor will turn all day, but it just wont start up

10/15/2006 1:32:06 PM

i'd start with some new spark plugs, about 99% of the time it ends up being the problem on things llike that that i have seen, before you start going deeper into the ignition and carbs

10/15/2006 2:10:55 PM

i can try new plugs... i didnt know if that would have caused the engine to die at idle though

10/15/2006 2:27:45 PM

yup, less rpm= less voltage availibe to the cdi= less likely to fire fouled plugs

[Edited on October 15, 2006 at 2:33 PM. Reason : blah]

10/15/2006 2:32:01 PM

anybody wanna make a little cash and come over and change them? i'm swamped at school this week and wont be able to touch it till next week... i like ridin to campus better then payin for the deck

10/15/2006 6:25:20 PM

If you had a nekkid bike, this would be a 30 minute job.

10/15/2006 6:30:57 PM

Or a thumper...it'd be a 30 second job.

10/15/2006 6:33:11 PM

I do dig thumpers for that reason (and for others)...

10/15/2006 6:38:59 PM

yeah i know it... i could take care of it if that were the case but I know it'll take a little time to change the plugs and i cant get to it this week.... any takers?

10/15/2006 6:39:05 PM

try igor, he might do it for you

10/15/2006 8:52:10 PM

hahahaha, i just pmed him the same thing

10/15/2006 8:52:58 PM

Igor can't get to it this week either, but thanks for the recommendation... still lookin...

10/15/2006 9:08:25 PM

btt

10/16/2006 9:58:43 PM

If I'm not painting a box truck this week, I can probably do it. I've changed a girl's tampon before, does that make me qualified?

10/16/2006 10:07:58 PM

well u dont mind gettin your hands dirty, so thats a good sign.... as long as you can get it running, thats all that matters

10/16/2006 10:14:37 PM

how much u wanna pay?

10/17/2006 1:24:04 AM

Bring it over here...we'll repaint the bitch while we're at it. Is the numer 617 alright with you?

10/17/2006 1:59:46 AM

sounds good lol w00t

10/17/2006 2:15:52 AM

do ur plugs, put in a fresh tank of fuel. take ur carbs apart spray 'em down with carb cleaner. change ur air filter while u take ur air box off to get to ur carbs.

ur bike should be extra easy to work on. go onto a gs500 message board. i saw a couple when i was lookin at pickin up a gs500.

10/17/2006 7:28:22 AM

i cant bring it anywhere, it wont start and i dont have any way of hauling it.... and the bike is not the gs500 in my gallery, that is my old bike.... its a Kawasaki zx-6e. but i am willing to pay somebody to fix it if they can either come to my place and do it or come pick it up.... give me an idea of how much you would charge?

[Edited on October 17, 2006 at 7:42 AM. Reason : .]

10/17/2006 7:41:00 AM

to change the plugs or clean the carbs and plugs?

10/17/2006 3:01:22 PM

well im not totally sure, whatever it takes to get it running i guess

10/17/2006 3:03:44 PM

^lol never say those words to a mechanic. i made that mistake with suzuki of sanford on my old gsxr. 1100 dollars later.. yeah it ran..

10/17/2006 8:18:45 PM

1100 wtf???

10/17/2006 8:48:37 PM

tell me about it. it was my first bike i was an idiot and got pwned.

10/17/2006 8:51:25 PM

damn.I like the way sanford suzuki likes to put some cheap ass crome rims and some grips and a V/H pipe on there new gsxr's (with out even jetting them!Loss of stock power) and sell them for about 1500 more. Niggers are so fucking dumb. All they care about is there eye candy. W0W

10/17/2006 9:00:16 PM

i took mine to sanford bc i heard they were better than barnett's i got pwned on labor costs. basically all i had done was a jet kit put on. vacuum lines refreshed, gas tank derusted, oil change plugs... all for 1100 bwhaha i wish is till had the receipt man i was a dumb nig

10/17/2006 9:04:10 PM

w0w man that is some shit you seem to have some mech knowledge why would you not do this urself?

10/17/2006 9:11:43 PM

yeah i know what you mean, i wouldn't say that in a shop, i figured i was safe on here, especially since i pretty much know what the bike needs, just dont have time to do it myself right now

10/17/2006 9:13:14 PM

there ther to make moneys!

10/17/2006 9:17:07 PM

oh this was 2.5 years ago when all i knew to do was change oil. i was afraid of jumpin' in on shit on my bikes since i was hiding them from my rents at the time. so i couldnt borrow my dad's tools and i had none of my own.

also i for some reason i thought bikes were more complex than cars.

oh well you live you learn then you get loves . i try to do all my stuff now on my bikes.

10/17/2006 9:29:02 PM

doing what your bike needs to run (most likely) should take an afternoon. it's one thing if you hate working on your own stuff though. for example i refuse to do electrical work right now im scurred of it bwhaha


oh yeah bout ur bike idling low then dying could be water got in one of ur plugs some how. although that's a lot harder to do than my sv650.

water got in my front plug once from a hard rain.. and it did the same shit your describing changed the plugs and it fixed the prob. right up. still need to pickup a fender extender to prev. that in the future.

also even though it's an older bike do you cover it up? i always cover my shit, rain just wears them the hell out!

[Edited on October 17, 2006 at 9:32 PM. Reason : asdf]

10/17/2006 9:30:35 PM

yeah that very well could be the problem.... i usually cover it up, i just didnt last weekend when it rained so much. i was out of town and forgot to cover it before i left and when i got back was the first time i had any problems, so water gettin in the plugs makes sense

10/17/2006 9:51:18 PM

nigga stole my bike

10/18/2006 12:35:59 AM

tripleD said he got that shit on lock

10/18/2006 1:30:39 AM

nIgor

10/18/2006 1:35:59 AM

alright so now im not sure if its the spark plugs.... i tried to start it again today and the motor turned at first, but really slow, and it gradually got slower and finally when i pushed the button it wouldn't do anything, not a sound. I could wait a few minutes and the motor would turn again, but get slower and finally not do anything. I checked the battery but according to my voltage meter its fine, and the turn signals and stuff still work. Any ideas and does anybody have any free time and wanna make some extra cash by coming and fixin it?

10/19/2006 1:46:54 PM

that's ur battery. u have been fucking around trying to start it and not recharging the battery. thus draining it. charge ur battery. change ur plugs, put in fresh gas go ride it

10/19/2006 5:03:06 PM

or buy a honda!?!?

10/21/2006 11:15:22 PM

^or suzuki, my lil sv is solid.

10/21/2006 11:25:49 PM