E starting!!?

Tris · Apr 10, 2007

Hello all! I'm new here so go gentle with me!

I have a 400FE 2000. I also have a very sore leg from kick starting!
Thanks to your various posts I see that the E start on these models are fairly bad.
My questions are;
1/ What do I have to do to get it starting on the E start?
2/ If I need new parts, where do I get them from?

On another note the bike is out of action at the moment as I can't seem to get a spark. The battery (which is new) doesn't seem to charge enough. I'm thinking maybe the Stator is in need of a sorting. Am I right?

Thanks.

berger · Apr 10, 2007

Welcome Tris.
You may want to start by going to the downloads section and downloading the "hard start guide"
It should have most of the info your looking for.

risky1 · Apr 10, 2007

The e-start is actually a RE-Start especially on the older models, kick it when cold, button when hot. when it is tuned correctly, the kick will fire it up easily.

sparks · Apr 10, 2007

Re: RE: E starting!!?

Hi tris,

Have the resistance checked on the stator
Black to red 3000 Ohms +- 10%
Black to Green 165 + - !0%

Regards

Sparks.

44014 · Apr 10, 2007

Re: RE: E starting!!?

risky1 said:
The e-start is actually a RE-Start especially on the older models, kick it when cold, button when hot. when it is tuned correctly, the kick will fire it up easily.

The 00 has an electric start not a restarter that was brought in on the 01 model the 99 and 00 e start is very competent i could count the number of times i have kick started my bike.
I would be checking you main power cables and there connections that is of course if you know the battery is good .
If that fails you could possibly have a failing starter motor as my bike cranks over quite rapidly with a freshly charged battery.
Some places to look anyway.

cheers doug

freema · Apr 10, 2007

When I got my bike, it had a new battery but it was the wrong battery with not enough cranking amps; you need to have the Yuasa YTZ-7S (don't know if it fit your bike?). Tri-state battery has good prices on those.

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