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Wed Sep 28th, 2011, 04:50 PM
2002 ZX6R
Symptoms
It is difficult to start.
Jerks and hesitates in 2nd gear and above at about 5K RPM
Recent Change
Added flush mount LED turn signals up front. Two wires so any idiot should be able to wire them up.
The story
Bikes been running great. I bought it about two months ago. Did full fluid change when I got it, oil, coolant, brake and clutch. Even ran some engine cleaner through the engine and changed the oil again. Ran great for the two months I had it.
Rode it about 100 miles last weekend no problems. Took it home and changed the stock turn signals to these new LED flush mounted versions I got off Ebay. My neighbor who is a electrician came over to help me wire it up. Really simple two wires from the old connection to the two wires on the new connection. We put used crimp connectors to join the wires then covered it with electrical tape and heat shrink. Didn't drive it till today. I had a lunch meeting about 5 minutes from my place. Bike started right up no problems. Didn't give it more than 1 min to warm up. Jumped on it and headed down the road. Got less than a mile from my place and was going fast enough to get into 3rd and the bike started to jerk and hesitate like it was running out of gas. Turned the reserve tank on, still continued to jerk and hesitate but was still ridable as long as I did not go above 3rd and about 4K RPMs. 1st was no problem, 2nd at higher RPMs started to show the same symptoms.
Got to my appointment and when I went out to start it again to go home it would not start without me giving it gas and holding the throttle up a bit. I had to hold it above 2K RPMs to keep it running so I turned the idle up to around 2K to keep it running. Then was able to get it home. Ran great in 1st and 2nd below 4K.
So when I got home I disconnected the turn signal connection at the wiring harness and tried to see if the problem went away. No luck still has the same issue.
Any idea what this might be? Is it related to the electrical work or just a unhappy coincidence?
Symptoms
It is difficult to start.
Jerks and hesitates in 2nd gear and above at about 5K RPM
Recent Change
Added flush mount LED turn signals up front. Two wires so any idiot should be able to wire them up.
The story
Bikes been running great. I bought it about two months ago. Did full fluid change when I got it, oil, coolant, brake and clutch. Even ran some engine cleaner through the engine and changed the oil again. Ran great for the two months I had it.
Rode it about 100 miles last weekend no problems. Took it home and changed the stock turn signals to these new LED flush mounted versions I got off Ebay. My neighbor who is a electrician came over to help me wire it up. Really simple two wires from the old connection to the two wires on the new connection. We put used crimp connectors to join the wires then covered it with electrical tape and heat shrink. Didn't drive it till today. I had a lunch meeting about 5 minutes from my place. Bike started right up no problems. Didn't give it more than 1 min to warm up. Jumped on it and headed down the road. Got less than a mile from my place and was going fast enough to get into 3rd and the bike started to jerk and hesitate like it was running out of gas. Turned the reserve tank on, still continued to jerk and hesitate but was still ridable as long as I did not go above 3rd and about 4K RPMs. 1st was no problem, 2nd at higher RPMs started to show the same symptoms.
Got to my appointment and when I went out to start it again to go home it would not start without me giving it gas and holding the throttle up a bit. I had to hold it above 2K RPMs to keep it running so I turned the idle up to around 2K to keep it running. Then was able to get it home. Ran great in 1st and 2nd below 4K.
So when I got home I disconnected the turn signal connection at the wiring harness and tried to see if the problem went away. No luck still has the same issue.
Any idea what this might be? Is it related to the electrical work or just a unhappy coincidence?