Dies without choke and kills battery

[noggythenog]

Yes brand new battery. Died within a week.

Any guesses as to the idle rolling jerkiness? Its weirdly thumpy both in acceleration and sound. Thanks for the advice man.

Bearing in mind it is a bike and they dont generally do too well at slow speeds without slipping the clutch a bit and applying throttle i wouldnt be too concerned with the jerkyness until youv checked out other things.



The thumpy thing Could be the HT leads.....mine did that once.....lumpy while stationary with throttle...i didnt bother trying to ride it....got advice on here which was to trim about 1cm off of the leads where they attach into the caps..


First though......make sure it is very dark and start up the bike & look at the head where all of the caps are and look for elecctric arcing from the top of the caps....give a bit of steady revs if required...not blips...just a bit more than idle.....if you see any sparks then one or more of the leads will need trimming...i actually used scissors to trim mine it isnt difficult........unplug the cap.....disconnect the lead from the end of the cap...trim tye lead end by 1 cm...not too much more.....then screw the lead back into the cap (it screws into the metal for a good contact)....then connect the cap back onto the plug.




Thats all i know about really but someone else will know better.....worth a try