Help, I bought a 2000 FE 400 E two weeks ago. Last weekend I went out for a ride. It was very hot and dusty. About 2 hours in the bike wouldn't start. luckily I was on top of a hill and bumped it. Later while at the truck for a water break, it refused to start. I haven't been able to start it since. It has a new plug(the one I too out was 2 years old and BLACK), I made sure the wire to cap connection was good. It has a full tank of fresh gas, and enough compression that I can't kick it over by hand. any hints, ideas, or things I can try? The bike ran great, I had no problem running with yamaha 425s. I could fall in love with this bike, if I could start it.
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Have you got good spark at crank speeds? If not do you get spark if you spin it fast? Check with new or at least very well cleaned plug as the spark can track through the carbon deposits. Can you start it if you bump or tow it? If you have poor spark at crank speeds chances are stator or even CDI/coil is crook.
Are you getting fuel & are you sure it is not actually water? Is plug getting wet while trying to start? If the plug was really sooty it may be way too rich at start. Does it kick with no choke? Someone like Taffy is best on carbs, but be prepared for a serious answer! (I think it may be the wrong time of his month.
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Have you got air? Unlikely to have enough air restriction to cause starting problems if it pulled well prior to going down. Indication would be to check if you have way too much fuel.
You said it had good compression, but you should really not feel much of that by hand if the auto decomp is working OK.
Are you getting fuel & are you sure it is not actually water? Is plug getting wet while trying to start? If the plug was really sooty it may be way too rich at start. Does it kick with no choke? Someone like Taffy is best on carbs, but be prepared for a serious answer! (I think it may be the wrong time of his month.
)Have you got air? Unlikely to have enough air restriction to cause starting problems if it pulled well prior to going down. Indication would be to check if you have way too much fuel.
You said it had good compression, but you should really not feel much of that by hand if the auto decomp is working OK.
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bksavs said:
Would it not e-start or kick start or both? Are you able to kick it through.
The FE models came equipped with a manual (handlebar mounted ) decompression lever and a kick start activated decompression lever (found on the crankcase). Cables run from both levers to the cylinder head. Are they there?
The reason I am going in the direction of a decompression situation is that you said it started for 2 hours and then would not start (maybe you wore the battery down. Had to bump start it down a hill because you perhaps couldn't kick it over (possible faulty decompression systems, someone may have removed the decompressor cables or the bike may have been delievered to the original owner without them, my 97 fx600 was)
Thanks for the replys. I'm going to give the bike a going over tonight after work. I doubt if there is water in the gas, fresh from a good station. There is no auto decompression cable and the manual cable has a broken adjuster end, so it's getting replaced. I have it disconnected while I wait for the new one. Again thanks for the help.
Here's the latest. I don't have spark through the plug. If I hold the bare spark plug wire near the motor, I get a spark. After I connect the cap and Plug, nothing. The guy who sold the bike to me is coming over tommorrow night to help me.
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