The bike spits and sputters with any throttle while in gear, usually starts and idles fine. If it sat for a minute or 2, i can rev it up in neutral, until i put it in gear and get halfway up my short driveway.
I bought a 93 vlx 600 about a month ago and it was running great for 1000 miles. 2 weeks ago, it wouldn't idle. One of the spark plug boots had separated from the wire. With a field expedient fix, we were able to continue the ride, another 100 or so miles of smooth operation. I then ordered some new wires, 100 bucks for the set. And ordered new plugs, so i changed everything. The first attempt, i was a bit lazy and didn't take off the gas tank, just picked it up a bit and reached underneath. that was a bad idea. I didn't get the pug wires inserted enough and after reassembly, had no spark to the front pugs. i went and bought a siphon hose and drained the tank, removed it, trimmed a bit off the plug wires and reinstalled.
For my test ride, at night, it ran fine for a half mile to the cul-de-sac. after turning around and getting on it, The engine started cutting out with throttle. As it cut out, all the light would shut down, then brighten back up when i released the throttle and she would idle normally. I went down the road another mile or so then turned around. All with the same issue. When i got back in my driveway and shut her down, it would not start back up. a day or so of troubleshooting, i ordered an ICM. When i installed the icm, the engine started right up. i reinstalled the old one and the engine started right up. i reinstalled the new one, fired up the engine put it in gear and off i went. About 20 feet. Spitting and sputtering.
i didn't have spark to any cylinder. now i do. I've played with all the wires and cleaned connections, metered pretty much everything in the service manual. This is my girlfriend's bike that i bought her for christmas and it's driving me insane. The gas should be fine, I filled my '13 triumph from the same nozzle, and it's had no issue. i'm reading 12.7 v from the battery, i've had it sputtering with the charger connected.
I bought a 93 vlx 600 about a month ago and it was running great for 1000 miles. 2 weeks ago, it wouldn't idle. One of the spark plug boots had separated from the wire. With a field expedient fix, we were able to continue the ride, another 100 or so miles of smooth operation. I then ordered some new wires, 100 bucks for the set. And ordered new plugs, so i changed everything. The first attempt, i was a bit lazy and didn't take off the gas tank, just picked it up a bit and reached underneath. that was a bad idea. I didn't get the pug wires inserted enough and after reassembly, had no spark to the front pugs. i went and bought a siphon hose and drained the tank, removed it, trimmed a bit off the plug wires and reinstalled.
For my test ride, at night, it ran fine for a half mile to the cul-de-sac. after turning around and getting on it, The engine started cutting out with throttle. As it cut out, all the light would shut down, then brighten back up when i released the throttle and she would idle normally. I went down the road another mile or so then turned around. All with the same issue. When i got back in my driveway and shut her down, it would not start back up. a day or so of troubleshooting, i ordered an ICM. When i installed the icm, the engine started right up. i reinstalled the old one and the engine started right up. i reinstalled the new one, fired up the engine put it in gear and off i went. About 20 feet. Spitting and sputtering.
i didn't have spark to any cylinder. now i do. I've played with all the wires and cleaned connections, metered pretty much everything in the service manual. This is my girlfriend's bike that i bought her for christmas and it's driving me insane. The gas should be fine, I filled my '13 triumph from the same nozzle, and it's had no issue. i'm reading 12.7 v from the battery, i've had it sputtering with the charger connected.