stuartbuckle

THE ANSWER !!

It was a problem with the kill switch.

The guy who bought the bike traced the fault.

Thanks for all comments, hints and tips.

It is now sorted.

Thanks for all the help and tips guys. However, I had somebody come and buy the bike from me at the weekend, so it’s now gone. As I mentioned, it did run with a live to the ignition coil, so I think it probably is a loose/bad connection somewhere, but the new owner will be sorting it out.

Now I just have my 2014 Bonneville T100.

I am 64 now and…[Read more]

OK, the new ignition coil and plug caps arrived. Wrong coil. Still, I tried something else. I found that all of a sudden, I have no spark at either the plugs or when I flick the points open. This was all working previously.

So, I ran a direct feed from the battery live to the coil input and BINGO! It started FIRST KICK.

So the present situation…[Read more]

Thanks LONESOME and MIKEONABIKE,

I have tried it on the kickstart with the battery fully charged….nothing. This week I have ordered a new ignition coil and some new NGK plug caps which I can fit at the weekend. So I’ll give that a try.

Yes, the float bowls were both full.

The carbs were ultrasonically cleaned last year and they were drained before storage. The tank was resprayed last year, so that had been drained as well.

It had fresh fuel in it for the start-up.

It fired and ran for about four or five seconds and then cut out. I thought that maybe I moved the throttle…[Read more]

The 7650 was caused by fat fingers. Of course, it is a KZ750 B4.

My 1979 KZ7650 B4 was off the road for a few months so, armed with a new battery and fresh fuel, I tried to start it. It fired up and ran for about 4 seconds, then cut out and hasn’t made a sound since.

It will crank over, there is a spark at both plugs (they are new), I removed and checked both carb float bowls, lovely and clean and no…[Read more]

That would be good. Thanks KK.