Am I right in thinking that your bike turned over normally but wouldn’t fire up with this duff starter relay?


Thanks for the reply!

Hi everyone.


I need to pick the brains of the gurus over a starting issue.


I’ve had my budget bitch fox eye 6 months, bought as a non runner. A fuel drain and filter change, e5 with redex, a jump pack and a lot of winding over sprung it into life a few days later. I then started going through the service docs to check the specs of everything to eliminate the basics. Along with the filter change it’s had a new set of the correct spark plugs, NGK plug caps (old ones were out of spec for resisance), coil checks which read fine, a clean up of the wiring for the ignition barrel and the r/h switch assembly and the carbs swapped for some newly cleaned and bench synced ones.


She will start but it does involve choke, throttle and a lot of turning over. When started she revs well, pulls through the gears.


I’ve not run compression tests or checked valve clearances yet, unfortunately a lot of my free time is spent chasing round after a toddler at the minute 🤷🏻


Are there any other common issues that I should look at before I go down the compression and clearance route?


Thanks for your help,


Ian