chuckyzfr1
New Member
Hi all,
First off, I haven't owned an R1 in many years, but it is a name that is easy to remember, and is the first online forum I ever joined for motorcycles.
Anyway, my wife got a 2013 Super-T a couple of months ago, and after we did a long ride up the Northeastern US (I've been riding a '14 FZ09) I decided I had to have one as well. So a couple of weeks ago I found a 2012 with almost no miles on it, owned by an older gentleman who developed health problems shortly after buying it. I'm really looking forward to some long rides with the wife now!
I actually found this forum while researching a no-start situation with my wife's Super-T this morning. We were all set to ride in to work together and she hit the starter and no fire. Sounds like the fuel pump is priming, and it turns over the way it always has (which is a bit sluggish imho but it seems this is a thing with these bikes). I began to do the WOT thing just out of habit from my old carburetor days, and it almost sounded like I got a fart, but we were running late so she just grabbed my FZ 09 and we split. When I get home I'm going to try again with the WOT thing - especially since I've seen positive confirmation of it on the forum. For the folks that have had to go through this, How long does it usually take cranking it @ WOT for you to get fire? Thanks in advance,
Chuck
First off, I haven't owned an R1 in many years, but it is a name that is easy to remember, and is the first online forum I ever joined for motorcycles.
Anyway, my wife got a 2013 Super-T a couple of months ago, and after we did a long ride up the Northeastern US (I've been riding a '14 FZ09) I decided I had to have one as well. So a couple of weeks ago I found a 2012 with almost no miles on it, owned by an older gentleman who developed health problems shortly after buying it. I'm really looking forward to some long rides with the wife now!
I actually found this forum while researching a no-start situation with my wife's Super-T this morning. We were all set to ride in to work together and she hit the starter and no fire. Sounds like the fuel pump is priming, and it turns over the way it always has (which is a bit sluggish imho but it seems this is a thing with these bikes). I began to do the WOT thing just out of habit from my old carburetor days, and it almost sounded like I got a fart, but we were running late so she just grabbed my FZ 09 and we split. When I get home I'm going to try again with the WOT thing - especially since I've seen positive confirmation of it on the forum. For the folks that have had to go through this, How long does it usually take cranking it @ WOT for you to get fire? Thanks in advance,
Chuck
