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Hi all. This is my first post. I'm new to Kawasaki, new to this forum, and new to the ZX6R, but not new to this planet.
About the bike:
It's an 05 ZX6R with ~35,000 miles. I've owned it since late October but have only ridden it twice due to the weather. It has been stored in my heated basement all winter with the gas tank drained (I'll explain later).
So the first time I rode the bike I put on 20 miles or so to get a feel for it before I decided to open her up and see what she had. I've owned several CBR 600s, an 05 GSXR 750, and currently have an 04 R6 as well. This is the SLOWEST bike I've ever owned. But I don't think it's the bike's fault. It wouldn't rev past about 8,000 RPMs. I immediately came home and started researching. I looked into the kickstand switch/sensor issue, but quickly found that the bypass mod had already been done on this bike. Looked like it was done well too. The next suggestion that seemed to make sense was the fuel pump. Soooo... knowing that I wouldn't be riding it, and that I'd eventually be putting a new pump in it this winter, I drained the tank. And that's how it sat from December until last weekend when I got the new pump.
I installed the new pump and dry tested it out of the tank. It worked. I installed it, put the tank back on the bike, put gas in it, and went to start the bike. The pump wouldn't cycle. Long story short, it blew the ECU fuse. I drained the tank, pulled the pump, and rewired it two more times before it stopped shorting out that fuse. So anyway, now it works.
The pump is in the tank with a full tank of gas and I can hear it cycle when I turn the key on. But the bike just cranks and cranks and will not start. I've drained the battery twice trying to get it going. I pulled the fuel line off and ran a rubber hose from the nipple into a bottle to make sure it was actually pumping fuel and not just making noise. It is. Next I pulled the line off where it meets the fuel rail. It has gas there too.
Tonight I took the air cleaner assembly off, checked all the vacuum lines, checked to make sure everything was connected, pulled out and inspected the three spark plugs I could get too....everything looks good.
So I put it all back together again. Still nothing. Everything cycles appropriately when you turn the key on. The display goes through its normal progression, the fuel pump cycles, and the thing cranks over very healthy. It just won't start. And I'm out of ideas.
I've checked all of the fuses as well as the 30 amp fuse in the relay beside the battery.
All hoses are connected.
All connections are connected.
All vacuum lines are connected.
Battery is stout and on a tender.
PLEASE HELP!
Oh...it's worth noting that this bike seems to have had every mod known to man done to it. Slip on, servo buddy, HID headlights, aftermarket tail lights, sprockets, total paint/decal job, windscreen, etc., ...it even had the jumper mod (which I discovered and removed tonight while trouble shooting).
PS: If anyone wants this damn thing, you can have it as it sits for $2700. Just sayin'..
About the bike:
It's an 05 ZX6R with ~35,000 miles. I've owned it since late October but have only ridden it twice due to the weather. It has been stored in my heated basement all winter with the gas tank drained (I'll explain later).
So the first time I rode the bike I put on 20 miles or so to get a feel for it before I decided to open her up and see what she had. I've owned several CBR 600s, an 05 GSXR 750, and currently have an 04 R6 as well. This is the SLOWEST bike I've ever owned. But I don't think it's the bike's fault. It wouldn't rev past about 8,000 RPMs. I immediately came home and started researching. I looked into the kickstand switch/sensor issue, but quickly found that the bypass mod had already been done on this bike. Looked like it was done well too. The next suggestion that seemed to make sense was the fuel pump. Soooo... knowing that I wouldn't be riding it, and that I'd eventually be putting a new pump in it this winter, I drained the tank. And that's how it sat from December until last weekend when I got the new pump.
I installed the new pump and dry tested it out of the tank. It worked. I installed it, put the tank back on the bike, put gas in it, and went to start the bike. The pump wouldn't cycle. Long story short, it blew the ECU fuse. I drained the tank, pulled the pump, and rewired it two more times before it stopped shorting out that fuse. So anyway, now it works.
The pump is in the tank with a full tank of gas and I can hear it cycle when I turn the key on. But the bike just cranks and cranks and will not start. I've drained the battery twice trying to get it going. I pulled the fuel line off and ran a rubber hose from the nipple into a bottle to make sure it was actually pumping fuel and not just making noise. It is. Next I pulled the line off where it meets the fuel rail. It has gas there too.
Tonight I took the air cleaner assembly off, checked all the vacuum lines, checked to make sure everything was connected, pulled out and inspected the three spark plugs I could get too....everything looks good.
So I put it all back together again. Still nothing. Everything cycles appropriately when you turn the key on. The display goes through its normal progression, the fuel pump cycles, and the thing cranks over very healthy. It just won't start. And I'm out of ideas.
I've checked all of the fuses as well as the 30 amp fuse in the relay beside the battery.
All hoses are connected.
All connections are connected.
All vacuum lines are connected.
Battery is stout and on a tender.
PLEASE HELP!
Oh...it's worth noting that this bike seems to have had every mod known to man done to it. Slip on, servo buddy, HID headlights, aftermarket tail lights, sprockets, total paint/decal job, windscreen, etc., ...it even had the jumper mod (which I discovered and removed tonight while trouble shooting).
PS: If anyone wants this damn thing, you can have it as it sits for $2700. Just sayin'..
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