heath_AU
Junior Member
Hi All
Have not posted on here in ages. Have been having far too much riding of course
Well recently i had my baby girl (2008 FZ6N) start having an issue where intermittently (maybe 1 in 3) times when i would go to start her while she was warm/hot I get just a relay/solenoid click and NO cranking. While i hold the button down the check engine light appears but I think this is normal.
I figured out that if I put the bike in gear and rolled the bike back and forward turning the engine over slightly, it starts everytime (albeit slightly sluggishly)
I have a brand new battery (MotoBatt) and the last one of those was still perfectly good after 5 years of daily riding and as it starts perfect every time cold (and a perky start with no hesitation) i am convinced the battery is not the issue.
The bike unfortunately did endure some salt water in a freak incident once (had an ocean wave actually break over me while riding) and this triggered some unusually aggressive corrosion (yes i know now I should have washed her immediately) so it would not be a surprise to see some electronics failing prematurely.
She has 130,000km on her and has been frequently serviced so I am thinking either the starter relay is playing up or (more likely) its the brushes in the starter motor (which would explain the rolling/turning method of starting her)
Any thoughts?
I have removed all the wiring for both the starter and main relay/fuse and cleaned them (much oxidation material was removed) but this yielded no change
Cheers
Heath
Have not posted on here in ages. Have been having far too much riding of course
Well recently i had my baby girl (2008 FZ6N) start having an issue where intermittently (maybe 1 in 3) times when i would go to start her while she was warm/hot I get just a relay/solenoid click and NO cranking. While i hold the button down the check engine light appears but I think this is normal.
I figured out that if I put the bike in gear and rolled the bike back and forward turning the engine over slightly, it starts everytime (albeit slightly sluggishly)
I have a brand new battery (MotoBatt) and the last one of those was still perfectly good after 5 years of daily riding and as it starts perfect every time cold (and a perky start with no hesitation) i am convinced the battery is not the issue.
The bike unfortunately did endure some salt water in a freak incident once (had an ocean wave actually break over me while riding) and this triggered some unusually aggressive corrosion (yes i know now I should have washed her immediately) so it would not be a surprise to see some electronics failing prematurely.
She has 130,000km on her and has been frequently serviced so I am thinking either the starter relay is playing up or (more likely) its the brushes in the starter motor (which would explain the rolling/turning method of starting her)
Any thoughts?
I have removed all the wiring for both the starter and main relay/fuse and cleaned them (much oxidation material was removed) but this yielded no change
Cheers
Heath