have couple questions about my xs650 shock treatment?
February 2nd, 2010 | Articles | 1 Comment »
adam_andrella asked:
i have a martek electronic ignition and have no idea about it. when i turn my bike key to off position it backfires. i had the plugs out to check spark because it was weak spark. so i bought new coils(still shipping come in monday 21st). when i was done checking the spark i was still holding cap and my brother turned key off and it shocked me thru the cap whats up with that?. does it have a short? does that have anything to do with the backfiring? the bike kept flooding when i bought it and wasn’t firing from one cyclinder so thats why i check the spark and it was weak so thats why i bought new stock coils. hoping to fix that and still not sure of the key thingy. i did find a website that explains the martek but yet to study and master it here it is if anyone wants to read up on it….. http://www.650motorcycles.com/Martek.html
the flooding of the engine is because it’s not getting enough spark and i already rebuilt and cleaned the carbs. and it doesn’t sound normal. something is still wrong. it sounds like uncle buck. have you ever seen that movie.”BANG”.. shouldn’t be doin that
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i have a martek electronic ignition and have no idea about it. when i turn my bike key to off position it backfires. i had the plugs out to check spark because it was weak spark. so i bought new coils(still shipping come in monday 21st). when i was done checking the spark i was still holding cap and my brother turned key off and it shocked me thru the cap whats up with that?. does it have a short? does that have anything to do with the backfiring? the bike kept flooding when i bought it and wasn’t firing from one cyclinder so thats why i check the spark and it was weak so thats why i bought new stock coils. hoping to fix that and still not sure of the key thingy. i did find a website that explains the martek but yet to study and master it here it is if anyone wants to read up on it….. http://www.650motorcycles.com/Martek.html
the flooding of the engine is because it’s not getting enough spark and i already rebuilt and cleaned the carbs. and it doesn’t sound normal. something is still wrong. it sounds like uncle buck. have you ever seen that movie.”BANG”.. shouldn’t be doin that
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This is normal.When you turn off the ignition you collapse the field in the coil and it creates a spark as if the ignition module is triggered.The back fire is caused b fuel in the cylinder when you shut off the ignition.Repair the flooding by cleaning the carbs and the backfiring will go away.
Edit: check your timing you may be too far advanced