Hi guys,
My YZFR6 has hardly been out of the garage this past year, and when warming it up last weekend I noticed it sounds really rough, like its lost a cylinder (?) or is unevenly firing.
I need help! All the bike tools and knowledge has been left at my previous address and I'm a bit stuck now.
If anyone is feeling generous with their time, and fancys a beer and tinkering with my bike, it would be appreciated!
Im in Inverurie btw ...
Cheers
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YZFR6 sounding like a tractor
- Zax
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Re: YZFR6 sounding like a tractor
I can have a look at it the next time I am back in the uk if you like
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Re: YZFR6 sounding like a tractor
That'd be great, but mind i'm not just around the corner from u now!Zax wrote:I can have a look at it the next time I am back in the uk if you like
I'll see what i can do myself meantime
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Re: YZFR6 sounding like a tractor
Could it be bad fuel? how long has it been standing?
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Re: YZFR6 sounding like a tractor
I started it up again, and getting 3 out of 4 cylinders heating up.boydie wrote:Could it be bad fuel? how long has it been standing?
It could be the fuel has gone off, but wouldn't that affect all the cylinders?
Honestly think its been out a handful of times early last summer, and it hibernates with a full tank.
I was going to check the spark plugs for corrosion first (fairly new, irridium plugs), swap them over and see if the duff cylinder moves.
Do I need a specific tool to get the sparks out?
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Re: YZFR6 sounding like a tractor
just a long reach spark plug tool. accessing them is a pain though as you have to remove petrol tank , air filter housing , plastic heat shield to the front of carbs and if I remember some of the front under cowlings to access the heat shield fixings. good luck though and hope you don't have the same problem I had with my 99 one.
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Re: YZFR6 sounding like a tractor
hi
ive also had my YZFR6 in garage all over the winter period and i work offshore and i can say that ive maybe started mine 4 or 5 times the last time was 5 days ago and seems perfectly good no problems and has had a half tank still in the tank
ive also had my YZFR6 in garage all over the winter period and i work offshore and i can say that ive maybe started mine 4 or 5 times the last time was 5 days ago and seems perfectly good no problems and has had a half tank still in the tank