27-02-14, 01:49 AM
One of these days, I'll start a thread about how great my bike is, and how I'm glad that I don't have any more issues with it....
Due to crap weather, and living away at uni, my bike didn't really get much of a run out for Christmas, and pretty much just sat for a few weeks. In the new year, I started the bike up and got it all running fine (it seemed), and went out for a ride. After a short burst down the road, it was pretty clear that there were some issues.
At below 4k ish rpm, the engine just sounds like it isn't firing properly - it doesn't stop or anything, it just sounds quiet and like one/more of the cylinders arn't firing. Generally when the bike is cold it seems to start fine, sounds fine etc, it's just after those first few minutes of riding that it becomes a problem.
I tried trimming the end off the ht leads, which doesn't seem to have made a difference. I topped up the oil and coolant to see if that might help, but it didn't. I haven't had the plugs out, as I've got a crap plug socket from Halfords which is barely long enough to grip the plugs, and they seem in fairly tight, but they are fairly new (maybe 2k miles old).
From what I've read online, it sounds like it's likely to be an ignition coil issue. As someone that doesn't currently have a multimetre handy, what would people say is the next step? Are there any Fazer specific issues that might be causing this I should look into?
I don't want to jump in and spend £50 odd on new coils to find that it makes no difference, but could probably get my hands on a multimetre if people think that's the best way to go.
Oh, and I'm a student, due to graduate in the summer, so cheapest option to keep me going till I can get a job+some income is ideally what I'm after!
As always, thanks for any help people can offer!
HazzaBui
Due to crap weather, and living away at uni, my bike didn't really get much of a run out for Christmas, and pretty much just sat for a few weeks. In the new year, I started the bike up and got it all running fine (it seemed), and went out for a ride. After a short burst down the road, it was pretty clear that there were some issues.
At below 4k ish rpm, the engine just sounds like it isn't firing properly - it doesn't stop or anything, it just sounds quiet and like one/more of the cylinders arn't firing. Generally when the bike is cold it seems to start fine, sounds fine etc, it's just after those first few minutes of riding that it becomes a problem.
I tried trimming the end off the ht leads, which doesn't seem to have made a difference. I topped up the oil and coolant to see if that might help, but it didn't. I haven't had the plugs out, as I've got a crap plug socket from Halfords which is barely long enough to grip the plugs, and they seem in fairly tight, but they are fairly new (maybe 2k miles old).
From what I've read online, it sounds like it's likely to be an ignition coil issue. As someone that doesn't currently have a multimetre handy, what would people say is the next step? Are there any Fazer specific issues that might be causing this I should look into?
I don't want to jump in and spend £50 odd on new coils to find that it makes no difference, but could probably get my hands on a multimetre if people think that's the best way to go.
Oh, and I'm a student, due to graduate in the summer, so cheapest option to keep me going till I can get a job+some income is ideally what I'm after!
As always, thanks for any help people can offer!
HazzaBui