CX500 electrical fault?

CXrider · L Plate Warrior Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Karma :

Hi all

I had a friend weld the frame on my CX500 last saturday,I took the usual precautions of removing battery and disconnecting the reg/rect unit from the frame aswell as un-plugging it from the wiring loom.after the work was done,I put everything back togeher and rode the bike home.it went fine with no problems,however,the next day was a diffrant story.I took the bike on a 7 mile journey and after the first mile the bike began to run like it was running out of fuel.I switched over to reserve as I knew I was getting low,but,the bike still coffed and splutterd like the fuel wasnt getting through.

anyway......

I just got to where i was going and the engine just cut out on me.I spent a good 10 mins turning it over before giving up and leaving it for an hour.I tried again after an hour,but still it wouldnt fire up.I took a spare spark plug out from under the seat and checked to see if i was getting a spark,it was very weak if anything.it was then after having the seat up that I noticed that I had not connected the reg/rect unit.I connected it to see if it would work but still bugger all! I left the bike for another hour and after a lot of head scratching,i went for another try.the damn thing started at the press of the button!!!! I stopped it with the cut off switch and tried it starting it again,it wouldnt even fire!!!!

Sorry for the long winded story,but does anyone here have a clue??? any help would be appreciated as im missing my wheels already......thanks in advance Smile

chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

Give the battery a charge.
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CXrider · L Plate Warrior Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Karma :

I charged the battery up yesterday afternoon,its a yuasa heavy duty one,loads of life left in it.its not made any diffrance mate

temeluchus · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Oct 2008 Karma :

check the connections to the ignitior and coils are clean and properly connected.

Had a mates bandit 400 do the same due to a little corrosion on a block connector. It was ok until he disconnected and reconnected it and that moved the corrosion enough to provide enough seistance to cause issues.
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