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risky1 · Sep 15, 2004

So I am riding last weekend in in Southern Utah, and i get caught in a horendous downpour and the berg starts to sputter and act like it is running out of fuel and then dies... never to start again. after i avoid getting struck by lighting and push the bike for 4 hours getting it out I find that I have zero spark. plug works great in another bike so it's not the plug. Stator is six months new and worked flawlessly. bike shop can't test coil unless it is on the bike (they said?) So my next step is to test the stator. most likely it is that i think. any other ideas? I am not a mechanic but i know enough to get myself into trouble. does it sound like a stator would go out like that? in the middle of a ride?

thanks

husabutt · Sep 15, 2004

Hopefully Brad will be along shortly to help you sort this out.
It is probably a good time to invest in a pocket testor so that you can measure the CDI unit, coil, stator and battery yourself.

JoeUSA · Sep 15, 2004

The two dead ones I have died while cooling down after a 2-3 hour desert ride. Now I start the Bike after transporting it home (2 hours of cool down), to make sure it will start on the next riding trip.

Joe 2000 FE501E

Husby · Sep 15, 2004

You can test your parts yourself with a simple multimeter you only have to spend a couple of bucks in any electronic shop.

Start with the stator. Check the wires (acres of useless wires in these bikes). Check the ignition key switch, check the kill switch. You have all the measures and data on the "Hard Starting guide" at the downloads section of this site.
Good luck

BundyBear · Sep 15, 2004

Risky
What year model bike? If it has SEM ignition first check would be to unplug the orange kill switch wire from the CDI/coil unit & see if it comes to life. You may have got water in one of your kill or key switch units.

While you are under the tank check the other plugs into the CDI/coil are connected.

Try to make sure there is no water in the plug cap.

These failing, measure stator resistances.

risky1 · Sep 15, 2004

The bike is a 98 FEE 600 I will check the wiring carefully, thanks, I did down load the hard starting guide and it will help tremendously

spakur · Sep 16, 2004

I had a similar experience the other day and it turn out to be the kill switch...so I would check that out first by disconnecting it (see wiring diagram) and then try to start the bike.

I hope you find the problem.

hribman · Sep 16, 2004

Hi,

unfortunately there is no strangeness that it can be the stator again. :thumbdown:
Maybe the reason is to be found in the coil, but you canÃ‚Â´t measure the coil. You can olny test it by mounting it on another bike.
The stator can be testetd with a multimeter tool.

Values as the following:

black - red (2,7 kOhm)
black - green (170 Ohm)

or the other way round. I donÃ‚Â´t know by heart. Sorry.
Central issue is that you get a value like these above.

good luck

hribman

44014 · Sep 16, 2004

had a similar problem with my 99 fe 600 turned out to be the ignition switch had to short curcuit it to get me home just somthing else to look at

cheers doug

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