More SOBoxer problems
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From: SteveH on 9 Jul 2010 14:30 Got the bike running and dragged it out to take it to London for a meeting, but it stalled on the drive and wouldn't re-start. The previous afternoon, after replacing the starter, everything was fine, managed to get it warmed up and got it settled into an idle at around 1k rpm. I thought I'd flooded it, so left it for a while and pulled the plugs whilst I waited for it to 'dry'. Plugs were black, even though they're new. Cleaned the plugs, put them back in, and it still wouldn't start - I've gone back to look at the idle richness setting and wound it back to the recommended settings. Took the car to the meeting, came back today, and tried to fire it up. Nothing. It's turning over fine, and I appear to have a spark. It's definitely getting fuel. Any ideas, as I'm running out of them now..... short of a match in the petrol tank. -- SteveH
From: SteveH on 10 Jul 2010 06:54 SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Got the bike running and dragged it out to take it to London for a > meeting, but it stalled on the drive and wouldn't re-start. And it was the coil pack. Now replaced and working. Gah! -- SteveH
From: SteveH on 10 Jul 2010 08:23 Krusty <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: > SteveH wrote: > > > SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Got the bike running and dragged it out to take it to London for a > > > meeting, but it stalled on the drive and wouldn't re-start. > > > > And it was the coil pack. > > > > Now replaced and working. > > > > Gah! > > Can't wait to hear what tomorrow's failure mode will be. Heh. I'm kind of hoping this'll be the end of it. It seems that the day I took it into The City fried all the electrics - temperature that day was into the 30s in London and traffic was incredibly heavy, plus I had the side cases on, so I was going very slowly. With hindsight, I probably should have stopped to let it cool for a while. Anyway, the coil pack on it now is the new 'black' coil, which is supposedly much improved over the old ones, and the new Valeo starter has definitely perked up the starting process. Fingers crossed it'll be OK now - I'll give it a short run this afternoon to fine tune the carb settings and take it for a longer run tomorrow. -- SteveH
From: SteveH on 10 Jul 2010 08:38 Krusty <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: > And to think people slag off Italian electrics. I've spent hours > crawling around Barcelona, Monte Carlo & Lake Maggiore in the high > 30s/low 40s on the MV, with the fan running constantly, & nothing's > ever stopped working. Who'd have thought an MV would be a better, more > reliable touring bike than a BMW! Over the years (mostly with cars), it has generally been German electrical components which have given me the biggest issues. -- SteveH
From: Pete Fisher on 10 Jul 2010 08:58
In communiqu� <i19p9i$l51$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Krusty <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >SteveH wrote: > >> Krusty <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: >> > >> > Can't wait to hear what tomorrow's failure mode will be. >> >> Heh. I'm kind of hoping this'll be the end of it. >> >> It seems that the day I took it into The City fried all the electrics >> - temperature that day was into the 30s in London and traffic was >> incredibly heavy, plus I had the side cases on, so I was going very >> slowly. >> >> With hindsight, I probably should have stopped to let it cool for a >> while. > >And to think people slag off Italian electrics. I've spent hours >crawling around Barcelona, Monte Carlo & Lake Maggiore in the high >30s/low 40s on the MV, with the fan running constantly, & nothing's >ever stopped working. Who'd have thought an MV would be a better, more >reliable touring bike than a BMW! > Makes sense of a kind that bikes built in southern Europe should withstand summer heat whilst those whose natural environment may include the cold and wet of the Eifel mountains in winter can cope with that. When the situation is reversed, however, weaknesses may become apparent. TBF though, age of components also has to be a factor. Certainly seems to be a limit on the life of CDI stator ignition windings on SO Italian bikes which usually manifests itself when hot. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |