Falco damp starting woes
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:27 pm
Now I've fixed my sprag... which failed because Signor Falco would never start when it's damp, I'm curious to remedy the problem.
It happened again today - the bike has been standing outside, under a cover, for three days. Took the cover off and everything's cold and with condensation on it - the ideal conditions for the thing refusing to fire up. It didn't used to be a problem until over the past year
No interest at all in firing - were it dry or when the engine's warm there's no problem at all. So out with the charger to top the battery up, out with the hot air gun, and after half and hour of warming the top of the engine up - bingo.
I can ride through torrential rain, leave it for hours outside - always starts within half a turn - until it's cold and there's damp in the air.
What do you reckon I can do? I can't really go anywhere until I know it'll start again without molly-coddling. Would cleaning every cable, lead and connector help - it's never been done in 11 years by the look of it.
Ian
It happened again today - the bike has been standing outside, under a cover, for three days. Took the cover off and everything's cold and with condensation on it - the ideal conditions for the thing refusing to fire up. It didn't used to be a problem until over the past year
No interest at all in firing - were it dry or when the engine's warm there's no problem at all. So out with the charger to top the battery up, out with the hot air gun, and after half and hour of warming the top of the engine up - bingo.
I can ride through torrential rain, leave it for hours outside - always starts within half a turn - until it's cold and there's damp in the air.
What do you reckon I can do? I can't really go anywhere until I know it'll start again without molly-coddling. Would cleaning every cable, lead and connector help - it's never been done in 11 years by the look of it.
Ian