How are you all and cool site.
Well to start off I live in Australia and recenlty bought a FE501E 2003 model that hadnt been flogged by its owner but was left to stand for a fair while.Its done about 2200k and the previous owner sold it due to lack of use.Looking at the bike you can see it hasnt been flogged and still has the original sprockets on it,chain etc.so I am baffled and worried to what could have happened.
It seemed to be ok but when I took it for a basic service the mechanic found it hard to start.He did a compression test and said the compression was low after disconnecting the auto compression system and adjusting valves all these tests were done with the e/start.
The bike was a little hard to start but I got use to jumping fully and it seemed to start ok.
A couple of days previous I kicked it in 3 kick let it stand and idle and it appeared to run ok,no smoke no noises.
One thing I did notice was that the new oil seemed to go dark quickly though.No metal flakes though.
I done my own compression test and it does appear low max.80psi with suqirt of oil in bore.
Its since been idle and Ive come to understand that I will have to split the cases to check the rings etc.
Has anyone had a similar problem? Possible causes?
All responses appreciated.
Well to start off I live in Australia and recenlty bought a FE501E 2003 model that hadnt been flogged by its owner but was left to stand for a fair while.Its done about 2200k and the previous owner sold it due to lack of use.Looking at the bike you can see it hasnt been flogged and still has the original sprockets on it,chain etc.so I am baffled and worried to what could have happened.
It seemed to be ok but when I took it for a basic service the mechanic found it hard to start.He did a compression test and said the compression was low after disconnecting the auto compression system and adjusting valves all these tests were done with the e/start.
The bike was a little hard to start but I got use to jumping fully and it seemed to start ok.
A couple of days previous I kicked it in 3 kick let it stand and idle and it appeared to run ok,no smoke no noises.
One thing I did notice was that the new oil seemed to go dark quickly though.No metal flakes though.
I done my own compression test and it does appear low max.80psi with suqirt of oil in bore.
Its since been idle and Ive come to understand that I will have to split the cases to check the rings etc.
Has anyone had a similar problem? Possible causes?
All responses appreciated.
