Gen 2 intermittent starting.

[noggythenog]

Got the new battery on today and i said to my missus.....i bet it doesnt start.....right enough.....it didnt.


Same old problem but i've at least swapped out the most obvious and im happy to k ow that i have a fresh battery as of now.


It is really random.......it started on the 3rd try....turned off then restarted straight away...& i third time......then didnt start on the 4th.......waited a while.....back out....started first time.


An important thing to note is this - it isn't how many times i press the starter button......when it does it i could press the starter 100 times and it wont start.........it is how many times i switch off and back on the ignition.....then it can start at the first press of the button straight away.


So it looks like i've got a long road ahead of diagnostics .




I did have a bit of trouble with the ignition a while back whereby the key wouldn't turn sometimes which i cured with some graphite spray.


Also i am completely alarmed by those loose and snipped wires on the front end......it's as if someone has taken a snipper to everything.....but why......it screams bodge job.......take a look......why on earth would you do something like that & how the foc is the bike still running.


Back to work now for a while but on my next days off ill go out for a spin at least and test out the new K&N and AIS mods.....once it is running it is fine and an absolute rocket.


Then i can seriously see me putting it into a garage to diagnose as i dont do wiring....especially not spaghetti junction wiring.