Janie

Flat battery definately. Mine does exactly the same thing from time to time when I haven't ridden for a while. A quick tickle with a battery charger always sorts it out. Did have a problem once with it going flat after a couple of days even though it was a brand new battery. Problem was traced to a knackered alarm that was drawing too much juice. Disconnected the alarm and the problem disappeared.

I got to 1:03 before....... sick as a dog..... gonna vom.......

Got a new clutch on order from Fleabay so that'll be going in as soon as it arrives, and yes you're right, Alan is now deputy editor of Superbike magazine.

Hi Tone, Yeah it's bike specific oil from my local bike shop and the freeplay at the lever end is set right. I've had the bike for a number of years now and before that it was owned by a guy called Alan Dowds who at the time used to be road test editor for Ride magazine, and I've got various pictures of it being used and abused by members of the editorial staff. The fact the clutch has lasted this long is a minor miracle given the amount of time the bike spent on it's back wheel while under the "care" of the Magazine staff lol.

Big up to everyone who suggested stuff but special hugs go to the YPVS TONE massive Drained the float bowls.... Went for a ride....... misfire gone. How chuffed am I :D On my journey though I did discover that now it doesn't misfire when you whack the throttle open....the clutch slips instead Ahh well, on with the overalls and out with the toolbox again. At least this is a straightforward job.

I hope you have as much fun on her as I did Steve. There's a lot of good memories that go with that bike and I know she's gone to a good home. Me and the old gal go a long way so be kind to her and she'll give you as many smiles as she did to me Well done Stevie

Taking the tank off and rigging a remote fuel supply is no problem. 2 allen headed bolts, a fuel pipe and a multi plug for the fuel gauge and the it's off. I wondered about seeing the sliders moving myself so had a look in the Haynes manual to see what was involved in removing the airbox. The first sentence reads........ 1. Remove engine... I stopped reading at that point I need to get this sorted soon as all this messing with oily bits is ruining my nails

Right lets answer these one at a time The bike doesn't have a vac tap on the tank, the carbs are fed via an electric fuel pump and there's no Scottoiler so the fault's not there. The carbs were balanced about 2 weeks ago when the fault reared it head. I've been told by one or two people that an air leak might be the cause so when it decides to stop damn raining I'll have a look at that too. Someone also suggested that one of the sliders in one of the carbs might be sticking when i wack the throttle open. Have no idea which cylinder it is that dies but we've swapped the coils over just incase there was a fault there and the misfire feels the same whichever way we wire them up. All these suggestions are really appreciated guys and I'll keep you posted as to what we find.

I wondered that myself but the bike has a brand new battery on it and the charging system is pushing 13+volts into it when the engine is running. My fella has gone over the entire ignition system with a multimeter checking resistances, continuinty etc and looking for faulty wiring but found everything to be in perfect order. The only real anomaly was the resistance in the plug caps. This is quoted in the manual as 10K-Ohms @20c. We got figures ranging from 9.1 to 12.4. or there abouts. Not sure if this would have a discernable effect on the spark or whether the values are within tolerance for the bike as no +/- figures were given in the manual.

Cheers Tony, I'll try that tomorrow

My '98 FZS 600 has developed a bit of a strange misfire. From cold it starts, runs and pulls just fine. After just a couple of miles if you crack the throttle open suddenly it loses a cylinder. Backing the throttle off brings the cylinder back online. If you then roll the throttle on gently it will accelerate as clean as a whistle all the way up to silly revs and speeds (Honest officer, I was just trying to trace a fault ) Changed the plugs just incase I'd got one breaking down under pressure but to no avail. Re-calibrated the TPS because that was out and the problem seemed to go away for a little while but now it's back with avengance. Had the tops off all of the carbs to check for damaged diaphragms or bent needles. The bike was rejetted when the stainless race system was fitted but the problem exists whether I've got my standard can or race can on so gawd knows. Any suggestions would be greatly received. Thanks Janie

Hey Foamy, My stepson is starting on Sept 16th. He's absolutely stoked about it and can't wait to start. If you're there when he is I'm sure the 2 of you will bump into one another at sometime. Anyway good luck and hope things are going well for ya

OOhhhh another girlie biker ..... Helloooooo Bex and welcome to the forum

[reminiscing music] I used to have a Beetle. Gorgeous she was, called her Bluebelle. A 1972 1300cc, so low she used to ground out over speed humps. We went to Tatton park vw show once and got stuck on a hump in the field LOL. [/reminiscing music] We've got a VW camper now, same year but him indoors has stuffed a 2.2 subaru engine up it's back end and made it stupidly fast....... Oh sorry, off topic. I'll be quiet now

OOhh a proper beetle or one of these new fangled watercooled wanna be thing-a-me bobs?