Bike wont fire.

[james525]

I have a cbr400 nc23 i am working on as a project bike with a friend. It was running well after just putting a new battery in. Then after being left for a day it wont fire at all. It turns over fine but no spark.

The guy who had the bike previously said this was happening a lot with this bike and it worked perfectly every time they replaced the plugs, so the question for you guys is what is killing the plugs? I have had them out and they look perfect, just not sparking anymore.

[skippy]

check kill switch, over a period of time water gets in and carrodes the contacts.
just a thought...........skippy

[billinom8s]

Try being friendly and introducing yourself to the
forum, people tend to be more responsive to manners.

23s do have a range of starting issues.

[james525]

Try being friendly and introducing yourself to the
forum, people tend to be more responsive to manners.

23s do have a range of starting issues.

I apologise, I completely forgot about introducing myself here. I guess I was distracted by how difficult it is to type long messages on my phone.

[billinom8s]

no probs,

check things like

fuel supply - is it on a hill ? those bikes dont have a fuel pump so are gravity fed
micro switch on clutch lever - engine cut out
stand micro switch - engine cut out
kill switch - open up the casing and check the contacts on the switch, clean them up.
wd40 and wire wool could be your saviour.

what have you tried ?

[james525]

The fuel supply seems to be fine. It does have a fuel pump, which pissed petrol all over my leg, so that is definitely pumping.

As far as I can tell all the cut out switches are fine too.
The weird thing is the fault seems to be temporarily fixed with a new set of spark plugs, but after a couple uses the plugs stop working.

[Stikley]

Plug caps? If a fresh set of plugs makes it fire maybe it's the connection on the caps themselves, maybe change the set, NGK plug caps for a set of 4 should be £10ish