[ST] RE: Bummer, my RS won't start - SOLVED

[Jan and Don Draper <ddraper@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

Before Christmas, about the time of the infamous "law 
enforcement" thread, I reported starting problems with 
my Sprint RS.

Turned out to be a doozy.  The problem was finally traced
to the intermittent failure of the fuel pump.  That, in turn, was
caused not by a bad fuel pump but by corrosion in the plugs 
which connect the front and rear wiring harnesses.

The solution was to replace both front and rear harnesses
(i.e., to completely rewire the entire motorcycle)

The bike was two months in the shop, but now runs perfectly.  
(I told them to take as long as they liked, but please fix it once
and for all.)  It may be my imagination, but it seems to run smoother 
than ever.  And it starts right up every time.

I feel fortunate to have a dealer (Triumph of Santa Cruz) willing 
and able to get to the bottom of the problem.

It's sure nice to have my bike back for the beautiful spring weather 
and change to daylight savings time!   Just got back from a very
pleasant RAT ride today.

I think I'm going to buy the extended warranty.

- -Don "Blue Dawg" Draper, Jr.


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From: "st-digest" <owner-st-digest@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 10:55 PM
Subject: st-digest V2000 #664


| Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:57:15 -0800
| From: Jan and Don Draper <ddraper@xxxxxxxxxxx>
| Subject: Bummer, my RS won't start
| 
| Couldn't go for a ride today because my RS wouldn't start :-(.
| Cranks over strong; the battery was fully charged.   Tried 
| starting with no throttle, starting with some throttle, cranking 
| with the throttle wide open; not a pop.  Spaced out my various 
| trys throughout the day.
| 
| The bike's been under a cover in the cold and the rain for 
| three weeks.  Once before when the bike was cold and wet 
| and hadn't been ridden for a while it wouldn't start.  I tried 
| to bump start it and wound up down the hill at a neighbors.  
| I figured I'd have to leave it there.  But after sitting in the sun 
| for 15 minutes while I chatted with my neighbor, lo and behold, 
| it started right up and ran perfectly for weeks thereafter.
| 
| The bike has also taken a lot more cranking than usual to start
| on other occasions when it hasn't been ridden.  But usually it's
| a matter of cranking for 15 seconds instead of for a few seconds.
| Today I cranked for as long as 30 seconds with no luck.
| 
| I suspect that something inside gets stuck (or maybe just damp.)  
| I've taken the bike out of it's cover and will set it in the sun 
| tommorrow and see if that helps.
| 
| I've gotten the engine very wet while washing the bike and that 
| never kept it from starting right up.  So I'd guess that cold affects
| it more than wet.  But the bottom line is I just don't know.
| 
| Anyone else had this kind of experience with their RS?  Any ideas 
| for stuff I should try?
| 
| - -Don Draper Jr.  "Blue Dawg"



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