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yeah good old redex, used on many of my old ford escorts lol. think ill try the strip down job over the weekend. its as if its recieving too much fuel cos it starts caughing it out the top of the carbs.

dam it, so close. ok ill take them out and get em stripped when i get chance. anything to look out for whilst doing this??

u rekon this is defo the problem then? do they have to be removed or is there a short cut way?? the bike sounds beautiful when its standing still shame it dont wana go lol

MAJOR BREAKTHRU decided to trace every bit of wiring and connections for breaks, bad earths etc. found a snapped wire... re soldered, tried it and it started first time lol. sounds absolutely awesome and running beautifully so i decided to put it all back together..... now another problem.... got as far as the top of my driveway riding it, and died, went to start again and u have to give it loads of gas to get it to run and will not go over idle even tho gas neally fully open (sounds like missfire/running on less than 4 when this is occuring!) but this soon clears and revs and idles sweet again, until u try to ride it and put load on the engine! then same thing starts again. so any thoughts on this then?? SO close, but yet still so far away

just to confirm, my bike is f reg 89 model fzr 600 liquid cooled. are cr9e correct plugs? and what is the correct plug gap?? thanks

tried and tested, did get a splutter and backfire again after doing what you sujjested. next route to take - new coils/leads do u think??

ok ill crack on with that now cheers

hi, after the advice given, i spent a little time on the bike today... changed the fuel to fresh stuff just to be sure. snipped off 10mm on each plug lead, put caps back on. new plugs. i am assuming the bracket that holds the coil on to the frame is its grounding point, i removed that and cleaned up all mating areas. tried to start and there was a breakthru... it did splutter for about 3 secs then nothing again. i really thought that id sorted it lol then shot round the spares shop got some easy start and tried that, nothing at all again. so iv had a splutter which is more then ive ever had so must be in the right direction. i am thinking its cos of a weak spark as you can see fuel entering each carb inlet when u crank it over and plugs are wet when removed so im defo thinking ignition prob.... any more thoughts on what to do next?? coil pack and leasds?? i have noticed on the coil it has writing in white pen, the model etc '3hu' which im assuming has been fitted from a 2nd hand bike spares in the past. thnks, aaron.

thanks, the leads do have a little to offer so i will try what you sujjested. thanks

havent tried a push start, would that make any difference then?? and if it cos of a weak spark, would changing coilc, leads and polugs solve that one?? or can a weak spark be due to other things. cheers

thanks 4 compliments! now u come to mention it, it isnt a good blue spark that is audible as u describe. how can this be rectified? and the previous owner said it recently had carb rebuild...clean and new seals. when i first took the plugs out they did look damp butnot drenched. aaron.

yes im intending to go back to factory pretty much with the white wheels! and the anodized blue bits are gona go too!

greetings to all. Very happy to find this site straight away!! just got my first road bike, fzr600, 1989, ive been head over heels for these bikes since i was about 5, when my dad had one and ive been managed to grab one which is pretty much exactly the same as his that we can both strip and restore!! I bought the bike off ebay as a non-runner/starter. it has pretty much full tax and mot and has been used reguarly until it wouldnt start one day...hence the sale. i have now started to look for what thye problem is.... i have, so far tried... engine turns over fine when tring to start, the most youll get is a backfire. checked all 4 plugs all ar ok. and all are sparking when you try to start. i have taken off main fuel hose to carb fuel fail, turned to run and this spurts out fuel for about 4 secs and looks like a priming sequence. i then put back together and tried to start... still the same. i suspected lowq fuel pressure or a blockage in the fuel rail maybe, so i put a little fuel into each carb via air inlet and tried again, still not even a splutter any ideas??? i was sure id get at least a caugh out of it but nothing. as this is my first bike i dont know much about the tech side of things so help would be much appreciated. heres the beast.... thanks alot, aaron.

hey all, my names aaron from birmingham. i have just bought myself an fzr600 1989 model. i have wanted one ever since my dad had one years ago so finally put my hanbd in my pocket and got one which is prety much exactly like his. bought as a non- runner for me and him to have as a project! here she is....