always hard to start (she breathes fire and demands miles as a sacrifice)solved

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I shall start from the beggining


Some douche tried to hot wire my bike by cutting all the wires coming out of the ignition and then wrapping them all together, which quickly fried a few fuses, he/she also yanked a wire out of the connector while doing that. Then it was tipped over.


I got a mobile mechanic to solder everything together. So just lifted the tank, reconnected the connector and soldered everything. I had replaced the fuses prior. Since that point on the bike was abit harder to start. I thought it might have been a bad solder job but I hot wired it properly and still it would not start.


Also if I push it really hard and leave it over redline too long it shuts off, still have power but engine won't turn, the starter will turn it but won't start.


It fell on the exhaust side. As time has gone on it has gotten worse... harder to start.. or it might just be this colder weather. Drove it from Bristol to London no problems... before I knew about the redline issue.


I was also worried it was a fuel issue so that what I'm going to take a look at next.


Thank you all kindly for helping, hopefully will get to the bottom of it.

From your story, I would think that maybe you will find that you may have more problems than just your battery and too much focus is put on there by Darrsi and His Dudness. But plonk a new one in anyway, as you need one if it's not charging properly to spec. But she is spinning enough by the sounds of it to start.

Also, your story indicates that the bike was starting grand (even with a dodgy battery) prior to when she was tipped over. You indicate that you got somebody to fix your bike straigthaway, so if the bike was mechanically sound after being fixed by that guy after the tip over, then the battery and bike should have started away like as it was prior to the tip over IMO.

Even though you might have a dodgy battery,  I also would be looking at things that could have been dislodged after the bike slammed onto its side which now maybe has hindered your fuel supply. I would look at your Fuel Filter to see if any of the crud that was in it got knocked about and settled in a way that is obstructing the flow inside the filter to some degree.

Also it just maybe possible that if there was sedemant in the bottom of the tank or in the carbs bowls, that could have been knocked about and worked its way onto your pilot jets and blocked them. I'd drain the float bowls to see what the state of affairs is there and if the fuel is clean or dirty.

Also another area to consider is this guy who did the work and what he actually did. You said a guy fixed it for you. Who is this guy??....was he a qualified mechanic???....has he worked on Fazers before???.....you never said what he actually fixed that was broken??....could he have tampered with somethng by accident???....could what he fixed....isn't fixed at all or have made thngs worse??? Did it go down on the TPS side (exhaust) and that the TPS got moved or damaged?? There is so much lack of info here that you need to come back to us with.