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Johnawalker

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Bike misfiring after washing it
« on: 29 December 2015, 05:08:53 pm »
washed my fazer 600 left it on tick over for about twenty mins so it was warm left it over night started it up to go out on it today and it's misfiring never done it before any help would be appreciated thank you john :'(
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Re: Bike misfiring after washing it
« Reply #1 on: 29 December 2015, 05:47:34 pm »
You've got water in the spark plug caps. Take them off the spark plugs and dry them and it should fix the problem. You could clean out the drain holes on the side of the engine with some compressed air too if you want.
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Re: Bike misfiring after washing it
« Reply #2 on: 29 December 2015, 06:30:02 pm »
 :agree
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Re: Bike misfiring after washing it
« Reply #3 on: 30 December 2015, 10:54:15 am »
Mine does that too. So I stopped washing it. :)
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Re: Bike misfiring after washing it
« Reply #4 on: 30 December 2015, 11:25:06 am »
 :lol :lol :lol
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Re: Bike misfiring after washing it
« Reply #5 on: 30 December 2015, 01:36:25 pm »
Condoms make great shower caps for spark plug connectors  :lol
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Re: Bike misfiring after washing it
« Reply #6 on: 30 December 2015, 03:45:15 pm »
Quote from: celticdog on 30 December 2015, 01:36:25 pm
Condoms make great shower caps for spark plug connectors  :lol

Yeah and make sure you turn um inside out before pulling them over the caps, that way when you turn um back you don't get anything nasty on your nob
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