[ST] Problem bike - Not mine this time :)

["Rupert Galea" <rupert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

A friend of mine is trying to get an ST running properly. This is what
he sent me.

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The bike starts up (not
great but it starts and has always not instantly started up). The idle
is
a bit rough but then makes you think it's okay. This is all in neutral.
Revving it creates hesitation and it sounds like it's just about out of
gas. It reves very rough (more at lower RPMs) and kinda choaks. The Tach
simply supports what I can hear it doing. The only other time I've seen
this almost exact same thing was on Vacek's blackbird when he had
connected the vacuum hose to the valve that's supposed to be open to the
atmosphere. But that was on a carbed bike and basically generated a
state
of out of gas-ness. The gas itself looks good and is not water. Those
hoses look good and are all connected correctly. The fuel pump makes its
little noises correctly. The problem first happened on a normal road.
Bike
was moving just fine then died (as if out of gas).
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My guess was that one of the ignition coils died but reading this again
I am not so sure. Shorted ignition wire?

Bike only has 10K on it. Anyone have any ideas.
Rupert



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