After dealing with a back surgery, my 2011 FS570 sat for several months without being started. Now, it will only start cold with a tiny amount of starting fluid sprayed between the seat/air box. Gas is fresh, battery is brand new, I'm using the cold start lever. Once the bike has warmed up, it starts with no problem. Runs great at all rpm. Any thoughts? Thanks!
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My 2011 FS570 also hard starting. If I hit the starter acted like battery (Shorai) was low and would drain and die. My fix was to bump starter a few times sometimes you think it wasn't going to start but it always starts. Look into any problems but all comes up OK. Gave up trying to find out why? Never used cold start when bikes warm no problems starting. but like I said starts every time. My FE570 starts with no problems at all (also a Shorai battery)
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Rainero, Shorai must be warm to work. So when you have bumpstarted the bike it starts to drain and charge your shorai and then the battery start to work.
They recommend to turn on the ignition and use the head light before trying to start if it's cold, but as you know we can't do that.
jroble, are you also using a fancy lithium or do you go gel?
They recommend to turn on the ignition and use the head light before trying to start if it's cold, but as you know we can't do that.
jroble, are you also using a fancy lithium or do you go gel?
I used to have the same problem, it would only start cold with a couple of cc of gas poured down the throttle, once started no problems starting it again, ran just fine.
Went over the electrical system checking/cleaning connectors and since then it starts fine cold.
Went over the electrical system checking/cleaning connectors and since then it starts fine cold.
Thanks Jon. I decided to go with a conventional battery because of the sort of problem I'm dealing with. On my 2015 KTM 450SXF-FE (lithium battery) I hit the starter button for just a moment, and wait for the FI sounds to stop, and then I hit the starter and it starts right up. I need to wire in a switch to the headlight on the 570, so I can turn it off when starting the bike, which I'm thinking might result in a bit more electric power to the starter. I also haven't tried changing the fuel filter, and I'm wondering if it might have the old style that tended to flow fuel at a low rate. Could that cause it to be lean when the throttle is off (when starting) and then when the throttle is open (when riding) the fuel is forced through the filter? Thanks all!
Guys, a question that I'm sure is a stupid one, but new to the fuel injected Berg I need to ask...when the battery is low / dead the bike won't run right...ie is the generator / charging system only charging the battery and everything is running off that...?
Wasn't sure if the charging system could run the FI and get the bike going....push start / or what I call a bump start....sorry for my stupidity
Wasn't sure if the charging system could run the FI and get the bike going....push start / or what I call a bump start....sorry for my stupidity
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I was on a trail 800 miles from home I killed the engine (it was me) anyway was trying to start the bike battery getting very low so I tried bump starting it (never done it before) it started right up (thank God) it so EZ wouldn't be afraid to bump start it again! Told if it still have 10v you can bump start it shouldn't be a problem. it's a 2011 FE570 so take what you want that?
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just a thought.
bad gas sitting in the injector might have clogged things. bad gas as in today's crappy gas with ethanol.
Thanks Rensho. I drained the gas and put in new gas before even trying to start it. I've also added some Sea Foam, which I've had good luck with in the past. I think the next thing I will try is to just take it for a 50 mile ride without shutting off the engine, to see if running clean fuel and Sea Foam additive might clean things out. (But I'll put a can of starting fluid in my backpack just in case...)
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My experience was the other way around. It could idle but it struggled on gas, until it started to backfire and then died. You have constant pressure behind the filter so giving more gas doesn't push more through. At low revs the injector filter let enough fuel through but when the injector opens up more the mixture become leaner and leaner as the filter restricts the flow. Then on top of that the filter mesh swells from the engine heat, restricting it more and more the warmer the engine gets.
If what you say is true then your bike would die as soon as you let it idle.
A simple stupid question; you are not giving it any gas when you try to start it are you? If you give throttle when starting the ECU cuts the fuel.
As you have 3 70-degree bikes I highly doubt that you do
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