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TROUBLESHOOTING: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
(IMPORTANT NOTE: We recommend you go to an authorised garage to carry out any internal adjustments to the engine or parts that are not the result of normal wear.
Please note that tampering with the motorcycle is potentially dangerous to you and/or may lead to possible cancellation of the warrantee)
Go to a specialized workshop to check the temperature sensor, faulty fan, regulator or installation.
PROBLEM
POSSIBLE CAUSES
STEPS TO TAKE
The engine won’t start
- Dirty spark plug.
- Engine flooded.
- Fuel badly mixed.
-Battery without charge.
- Clean and dry the spark plug or change it. Check the electrode
group, point 18.
- Open the throttle fully and kick the starter pedal 5 to 10 times and
then start the engine.
- Check for obstruction in the petrol tank tubes and air filter.
-Start the engine with Kick-start and running during 10 min. Try
again
-Check the connections are properly assembled and make sure the
contact.
The engine starts correctly and then stops
- Incorrect air supply, engine flooded.
- Insufficient fuel.
- Close the choke, check the fuel pipes.
- Fill the fuel tank.
Engine overheated
- Coolant running low.
- Radiator dirty or obstructed.
- Fan doesn’t run
- Add coolant, check for possible leaks.
- Clean the radiator fins.
- Check the water temperature switch function.
Engine runs erratically
- Problems with the spark plug and/or plug cap.
- Fault in the ignition rotor.
- Water in the fuel.
- Check the condition of both.
- Change the rotor.
- Empty the tank and refill with new petrol.
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