misfire

after riding today in pis-ing rain bike cuts out on one cylinder took lead off dried sprayed wd40 in coil conection cured but is there any good tip to keeping water out of coil so it dont happen again not much fun on motorway cold wet and overtaking lorrys which are chucking up so much crap will new leads be better or silicon on lead seals it is on the front cylinder

i had the same prob on my sporty, but the fault was the airfilter needing to be re oiled.
i thought it was the electrics at first and i was told to put vaseline on all the plug lead ends. worth a try maybe?
try searching under misfire as there is loads of stuff on here somewhere.
dan

[S.T.Chapman]

Originally Posted by jaybe

after riding today in pis-ing rain bike cuts out on one cylinder took lead off dried sprayed wd40 in coil conection cured but is there any good tip to keeping water out of coil so it dont happen again not much fun on motorway cold wet and overtaking lorrys which are chucking up so much crap will new leads be better or silicon on lead seals it is on the front cylinder

the problem is where the coil is mounted under the front of the tank like that, not the best idea I've ever seen.
all the weather just hits it full on.
other than using some propriety sealer, you might consider moving the coil?

Originally Posted by danpie

i had the same prob on my sporty, but the fault was the airfilter needing to be re oiled.
i thought it was the electrics at first and i was told to put vaseline on all the plug lead ends. worth a try maybe?
try searching under misfire as there is loads of stuff on here somewhere.
dan

cheers danpie second time youve helped

Originally Posted by S.T.Chapman

the problem is where the coil is mounted under the front of the tank like that, not the best idea I've ever seen.
all the weather just hits it full on.
other than using some propriety sealer, you might consider moving the coil?

thanks for help but where's best place to relocate coil and is it major job and will i need longer ht leads didn't think theres much room any ideas?

[S.T.Chapman]

if your asking those questions your not ready to do the job yourself.
but a similar position to the dynas has been popular;)

Originally Posted by S.T.Chapman

if your asking those questions your not ready to do the job yourself.
but a similar position to the dynas has been popular;)

been told by rebs motorcycles that probably the chrome s/plugs covers are the probably cause as ht leads short out on them other wise never heard of it plugs are in good nick (running perfect) cheers

[chilly]

I'd junk those plug caps mate,BMWs used to have loads of problems with their metal caps,and its an easy fix.

Catch up with you sometime for a beer
Chilly

Originally Posted by chilly

I'd junk those plug caps mate,BMWs used to have loads of problems with their metal caps,and its an easy fix.

Catch up with you sometime for a beer
Chilly

your on talk bikes

[kiwidave]

totally agree re the covers. Even the chrome COIL cover on mine bit into the coil and caused a short.

chrome bits are a liability if you ask me!

Also, check your BATTERY EARTH is tight......and the positive while you are there. It is surprising how the little things catch ya.