My intermittent starting problem isn't entirely remedied yet.....have done as many of the connections I get my mits on...contact cleaner and dilectric grease, ive sprayed copious wd40 down the ignition hole and I've taken off most of the electrical ancillaries such as heated grips and 12v charger point and old GPS wiring....only the gear indicator left on. Also got a new battery last year which is good, mottobat.
to recap - it will turn and turn and turn over without firing and requires turning off the ignition and back on...maybe once, twice, three times (a ladddyyyyyyy
)....then it will just fire up first press of the switch no problem.
the other day I tried it lots of times to no avail...then I thought foc it ill try holding the clutch in - & it fired up.......but I thought that was maybe coincidence.......but over the last few days it hasn't failed to start once while holding the clutch in.
Can anyone think of a reason for this???....I was thinking maybe a sensor somewhere.
I've heard of talk about micro switches on the clutch levers and i do have aftermarket ASV levers......surely that would mean that it didn't turn over though....but could it be teetering on the edge somewhere perhaps?
Only other thing i can think of is that i detached the clutch foot lever from its spigots in order to get more comfy foot position and since then found out via Red98 that actually this spigot is supposed to go on one position only....sure he said there's an arrow somewhere to line it up but i cant see any markings....ive put it back to what i think it was close to but perhaps something to do with that affecting a sensor somewhere or never being properly in Neutral??????
any ideas appreciated but for now ill continue to start with the clutch pulled in........if eventually it doesn't start whilst holding the clutch in then that will discount the new theory but so far so good.