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by BigStupidFingers
Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:51 pm
Forum: FZR600
Topic: 94 FZR600 starting issues please help!
Replies: 9
Views: 2950

Re: 94 FZR600 starting issues please help!

Spark on all four, compression too, just no fire. Drained bad gas and put a gallon of high test in it. Still no start just a few pops and one backfire.
by BigStupidFingers
Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:40 pm
Forum: FZR600
Topic: 94 FZR600 starting issues please help!
Replies: 9
Views: 2950

Re: 94 FZR600 starting issues please help!

Update! I pulled two of the four spark plugs... when I pulled them they were BLACK and WET with fuel, I could smell it. Both plugs have spark and the cylinders have compression but would not fire. That means that the gas was bad, so I drained the gas and filled it with new... however it still will n...
by BigStupidFingers
Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:28 pm
Forum: FZR600
Topic: 94 FZR600 starting issues please help!
Replies: 9
Views: 2950

Re: 94 FZR600 starting issues please help!

I think I will try that, Also called a mechanic who does mobile visits (sounds like a sweet gig) but he said it might be the carburetor since it ran in the fall and then it sat all winter. The bike did start on easter day when I jumped it with my car. But shut off as soon as I pulled the cables off ...
by BigStupidFingers
Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:46 am
Forum: FZR600
Topic: 94 FZR600 starting issues please help!
Replies: 9
Views: 2950

Re: 94 FZR600 starting issues please help!

I have a good battery now and I even hooked it up to a battery jumper for a little extra boost on the start up. Now it will crank like hell and I will get a couple of pops from the spark plugs. It seems like it wants to turn over now but I can't seem to get enough sparks in a row. Should I pull the ...
by BigStupidFingers
Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:17 pm
Forum: FZR600
Topic: 94 FZR600 starting issues please help!
Replies: 9
Views: 2950

94 FZR600 starting issues please help!

This is my first time on the site and my bike has me up against a wall. Here is what I have done thus far... Last fall my bike was having issues charging. I put a new a battery in my bike and road for a few months. Then I noticed that my headlights would dim when I hit the breaks or engaged somethin...