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- Sep 5, 2011
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- 20
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- NZ
Hi from New Zealand,Iv recently purchased a 2001 550 fc,apparently its had the fe wiring loom put in it and electric start etc,anyhow the stator crapped itself on the old owner,he brought what is apparently a rewired stator from overseas and installed it,(it actually has 470 fe written on it with felt pen)but i am figuring this is the same unit as the 550?So the old owner has installed stator and tryed to get the bike going,(it hasnt been run for 12 months,but was running when stator stuffed out)but no luck,now Im the lucky owner(maybe)so iv had a look over everything,looks like it should,have a very weak spark and the bike wont kick over,decided to jump start it down the hill and it fired up,idoling a little high,but other than that sounded nice,no splutters or coughs,let it warm up a little and went for a short burst,shut it off and still couldnt kick it over,Im a little concerned that the problem may be bigger than I thought,dos anybody have any advice?cant wait to hit the trails on this machine!!cheers