Re: GPZ500 No Spark!


"MonkeyBoy" <whitley.neil@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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FB wrote:
MonkeyBoy wrote:

(The bike has been standing outside over the winter without a cover)

Clean the side stand switch. Or follow the cable from the sidestand
switch to where it plugs into the motorbike's wire harness, disconnect
the plug and jumper across the two pins.

I made a jumper wire to eliminate the sidestand switch problem on my
KLR.

Hi

Ignition is only impossible if the sidestand is down AND the bike is in
gear. I have the sidestand up, and the neutral light on, so do not
think it is this.

Nevertheless, I shall double check tomorrow.

Can anyone tell me how useful the IgnitionMate tool is - will it solve
all ignition problems?


A factory service manual and the ability to follow wiring diagrams is
more important than a fancy tool. A no-spark ignition problem is
really easy to troubleshoot, the circuit is very simple, and you already
have tested the coils and know they are producing spark.

If you have power to the coils, then the problem is in the thing that
interrupts power to the coils - which is the ignition module or pickup
unit or wiring. It was running when it was parked and you know that
water must have got into something, if the pickup coil has resistance
and you turn the engine over slowly, an analog voltmeter should be
enough to see if your getting some kind of indication out of the
pickup coil sensing the pickup. Substitute a known good ignition
module. I would bet the ignition module got water in it somehow.

Ted


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