would a flat battery affect the idol on a 600

3806danny · Spanner Monkey Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Karma :

i stoped at the lights the revs dropped a little then cut out,tryed starting but wouldnt have none of it pushed up the kerb waited a min then she started could it be the battery? cheers

sickpup · Old Timer Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Karma :

Could be so many things. What bike would be a start.

Waiting for omeone to say its carb icing Rolling Eyes

3806danny · Spanner Monkey Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Karma :

its a bandit 600.it was running fine till it cut out at the lights and then wouldnt start for about 1minute,then it did,ive only had it 3 days

riichy · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Karma :

could be carb icing Wink

.............. dose it bog down when you give it some gas, and dose the bike act like its out of petrol Question

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3806danny · Spanner Monkey Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Karma :

when it was ticking over it seemed fine,its been idoling nicely till then as well?reved nice aswell,could cold air of done it?

loply · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Karma :

Ran out of petrol?
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3806danny · Spanner Monkey Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Karma :

checked the tank seems ok ,cant believe it hasnt got a petrol gauge

Mongrel · Scooby Slapper Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Karma :

What kind of idol is it?

Do you have a pop idol, or is it a movie idol... or a sporting idol... or just plain bone idol?? Mr. Green

3806danny · Spanner Monkey Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Karma :

ha ha

Mongrel · Scooby Slapper Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Karma :

Your idling problem could be carb icing but only if it was pretty cold.

Just as likely is a bad battery connection or earth, so have a good look at your electrics.

Is this the first time it's been a problem, if not what were the conditions like then?

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riichy · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Karma :

the way to tell if its carb icing is to...... say from 4th gear blip down the gears untill you come to a stop. if its carb icing the revs will die on the blip like the motor is cutting out, then come alive when the clutch is out and its in say 3rd gear.....

if is carb icing... pull over some were safe, and tern the bike off, leave for about 1 min then tern on and let it warm up again should be fine now... also carb icing gets worse when you arse hole it in the cold so keep rev nice and smooth...

ok you can take this advice of leave it up to you.. some people
might think its wrong, but it what i have found to work... Karma

riichy PM me for more info as my zxr400 is a bast at carb icing Laughing

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3806danny · Spanner Monkey Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Karma :

ive only had the bike 3 days and till then it ran fine its only done 14000 miles yeah it was cold but not freezing?

3806danny · Spanner Monkey Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Karma :

yeah i went down the gears b4 i stoped then cut out wouldnt start on the spot had 2 wait,sounds right cheers

Mongrel · Scooby Slapper Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Karma :

It doesn't need to be freezing to ice, you have wind chill etc helping out, Silkolene do a petrol additive which is well thought of on the Thundercat site, the 'cat suffers with icing too.

3806danny · Spanner Monkey Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Karma :

where can i buy that stuff?

Mongrel · Scooby Slapper Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Karma :

I use Silkolene FST and that seems to solve the problem of icing on my Cat

That was quoted from the site, it's available from Halfords etc.