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Re: [ST] RS famous last words!



>From: "barry.croft" <barry.croft@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>It turns over fine on the starter,
>but there's not even a hint of it trying to fire. The only unusual sign is
>the LEDs flickering on and off while the engine is turning over, which I've
>never seen it do before, and makes me think "electrics, uh-oh". I do wonder
>if it was damp ... the bike had been sitting all day in a brisk sea breeze
>carrying fine misty drizzle, the sort of fine stuff that gets into and 
>soaks
>everywhere.

I had a very similar experience a month ago.  It took ten minutes to start 
the bike.  What I finally did to get it to fire and catch was to hold the 
throttle open 1/2 turn. Tht isn't suppose to help an FI bike, but it did.  
BTW, I had washed the bike the evening before.



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