Bad starting

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:57 pm

Hy my zxr never starts well any more , has had rescent plug change , any other ideas ? cheers guys

Post by **sloweracing** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:04 pm

Yes try putting the old plugs back in

Battery needs to be renewed or charged

You havent fitted any thing new since starting problem ( aftermarket exhaust)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:13 pm

No i havnt changed anything . Could the carbs need balancing ? If so how do you go about doing that ?

Post by **sloweracing** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:27 pm

My carbs have been way out and allways ran fine i might be wrong with yours

To balance the carbs its a quite a job

Take petrol tank off
take air box off
there will be four tubes under the carbs pull off (remeber which order its not hard ) then you will need to plug a vacum gauge on to where you pulled the tubes from
Then run the bike and just ajust each carb to the right setting which you do with a long philips screwdriver one of the carbs are set allready so you just set to that carb ( i think its the right hand carb but look it up)

I would take it to a garage if you were really sure thats the problem

but try your old plugs first

Post by **Bandido** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 5:13 pm

When I got mine, the dealer advised to use full choke every time on first start up. Doing that was taking ages to get it going and I was even needing some choke on a long run after stopping for a pee. Anyway another dealer had a look at it and in fairness spent ages on it. New plugs and carbs balanced. Now it starts first squeeze every time and no choke. I'd take it to someone you trust and let them sort it for ya. You could check if a previous owner has used any kind of additive as they gunge everything up ultimately

Hope you get it sorted

kwacker · Post by **kwacker** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:00 pm

How much would a garage charge to balance the carbs ?