Hey guys... first post on here,

I have just got my 88 GSXR back on the road after weeks of replacing bits and working on it and just yesterday managed to set up the carbs properly so that it wasn't over-fuelling and it ran! I took it out for about half an hour before I had to leave for work... fantastic!

So I took it out again this evening for a longer run and up and down a few dual carriageways, was all going perfectly until on the way home she cut out without any warning whatsoever! it was as if someone had flicked a switch!

I pulled over and tried starting again and she did just as normal... idiled for a few seconds then cut out again!

Did same thing over and over eventually pushed it home!

Anyone got any ideas as to what has gone wrong?!

Just to let you know what it has had done so far...

1) Rusty fuel tank (inside) repaired and sealed
2) New air filter
3) New spark plugs (had wrong ones in!!)
4) All new oem o rings and gasket seals for carbs
5) Carbs ultrasonically cleaned, pilot jets cleared
6) Pilot jets set at factory 1.75 turns out
7) Recent oil change
8) Plenty of Petrol in the tank!!

Any help is much appreciated

Thanks,

James

Hi James, and welcome to the forum...

I think your best bet to fixing the bike might be to bring it back to my house and let me loose on it...we will sort out that electrical problem...

Ok guys, so story so far (well, from the story told so far.....)

We figured out that we are now dealing with an electrical issue, as if you start the bike and keep the starter button held in, the bike will run fine! It will rev freely, and fire on all cylinders and run nicely. However, the second you take your thumb from the starter it dies, as if someone has pushed the kill switch.

I have a wiring digram for the bike, so im going to start taking a look as soon as the bike is back up here, but anyone got any ideas what could have gone wrong for the starter button to be completeing the ignition circuit?

Obvious starting point in the swtich itself, and then the starting gear, and from there on checked the ignition wiring and anything related, and onto the entire loom...but anyone dealt with this before?