JonnyCinco
Ever Dance with the Devil in the Pale Moonlight?
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Well...i have learned my lesson. Always check the forums, as the answer is much more simpler than you could imagine.
Went to change the oil since my Rawhyde long way back ride in January. Since that time, I washed the bike in April....and that was it. No riding and too much desk work. Bike did not start. It would attempt, but it did not turn over. Tried multiple times for 30sec to a minute..even tried bump starting (not sure WTF I was thinking). Never the less, I thought "shit my plugs are bad".
I went to start the process of taking off the tank, when I see the little airbox nipple thingie looks black. I take it off. FARK! full of gasy oil. WTF. Ok, now I definitely have to take it apart. As usual, taking things apart is easy and before I know it, I am staring at the top end thinking "shit, I hope I never have to do this in the middle of now where". Can I just say this....What was Yamaha thinking when 1) they bury the spark plugs so deep you need childlike hands to get to them after you take everything off the bike..and 2) who the fark engineered the tank bolts....whoever that was needs to be crucified. Sound harsh? Maybe, but after spending 10 minutes trying to get the left side bolts back in after this was all said and done, I felt as though I had plastic stakes driven through my hands.
Anyways, back on subject. I take the bolts out holding the spark plug boots (not sure how one is supposed to torque down the far right one, as it is impossible to get to) and find a ton of oil on each one. Clean them off, apply antiseize, reinstall, retorque, and reboot. ..........NOTHING! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA....time for some Arrogant Bastard Oaked Ale. That Bastard always knows how to cool me down. Jump on the forums and....low and behold....nearly 40 pages of this on one thread (granted, 37 pages are full of nothingness). But, it seems this is a problem. How do you fix it. Just hold the bitch in WOT and push the starter till it turns.
Well, sure as shit on shinola, after 5 seconds, it comes to life (sans airbox). White smoke everywhere and I am rocking out to the Stone singing Paint it Black.
Skip the not so nice language trying to get the left side tank bolts back in and she now has new oil, cleaned plugs with antiseize, and a new fuse (blow the one to the aux cig outlet).
SSSSOOOOOOOOO....after 40 pages of BS in the "Hard starting" thread, the answer is WOT it and hit the start switch. ::018::
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Went to change the oil since my Rawhyde long way back ride in January. Since that time, I washed the bike in April....and that was it. No riding and too much desk work. Bike did not start. It would attempt, but it did not turn over. Tried multiple times for 30sec to a minute..even tried bump starting (not sure WTF I was thinking). Never the less, I thought "shit my plugs are bad".
I went to start the process of taking off the tank, when I see the little airbox nipple thingie looks black. I take it off. FARK! full of gasy oil. WTF. Ok, now I definitely have to take it apart. As usual, taking things apart is easy and before I know it, I am staring at the top end thinking "shit, I hope I never have to do this in the middle of now where". Can I just say this....What was Yamaha thinking when 1) they bury the spark plugs so deep you need childlike hands to get to them after you take everything off the bike..and 2) who the fark engineered the tank bolts....whoever that was needs to be crucified. Sound harsh? Maybe, but after spending 10 minutes trying to get the left side bolts back in after this was all said and done, I felt as though I had plastic stakes driven through my hands.
Anyways, back on subject. I take the bolts out holding the spark plug boots (not sure how one is supposed to torque down the far right one, as it is impossible to get to) and find a ton of oil on each one. Clean them off, apply antiseize, reinstall, retorque, and reboot. ..........NOTHING! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA....time for some Arrogant Bastard Oaked Ale. That Bastard always knows how to cool me down. Jump on the forums and....low and behold....nearly 40 pages of this on one thread (granted, 37 pages are full of nothingness). But, it seems this is a problem. How do you fix it. Just hold the bitch in WOT and push the starter till it turns.
Well, sure as shit on shinola, after 5 seconds, it comes to life (sans airbox). White smoke everywhere and I am rocking out to the Stone singing Paint it Black.
Skip the not so nice language trying to get the left side tank bolts back in and she now has new oil, cleaned plugs with antiseize, and a new fuse (blow the one to the aux cig outlet).
SSSSOOOOOOOOO....after 40 pages of BS in the "Hard starting" thread, the answer is WOT it and hit the start switch. ::018::
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) I'm bettin those aliens dropped the engine in the frame with the plugs in... never considered the poor bastard that would need to clean or change them. ::010::
