Hey @Rocker thank you for taking the time to write such a detailed reply.
I do remember your previous post on this …it’s why I have my concerns in the first place .
I do fully appreciate the issue you describe and the need to purge the ABS when doing a system bleed.
And, all things being equal I may well invest in the dealertool, or save up each time to have a dealer do it. I am equally fastidious with wanting the new fluid according to time…
Point of fact…I had NO idea about this when I happened upon my Tiger…would I have plumbed for it if i knew…
I think though, with the belief that the fluid was fully renewed before I got the bike by the equally fastidious chap I got it off in May last year, I am, for the moment, going to assume the fluid, all the fluid, including in the ABS, is ok. With that in mind, I now need to get back on the road and it seems I just need to refil the system and pump it through as normal (albeit not the ABS part).
I will then look to get dealertool/dealer fluid flush…
And also remember to go easy when cleaning my calipers in future!!
When I “tested” the bike the other day, it took a bit of throttle to actually start - I assumed this was because the tank had been off and there was air in the system somewhere…
I allowed the bike to get nice and hot, idle drop down to general running revs…
However, upon then starting the bike for my commute today, it also wouldn’t start without some decent throttle!
After 30 mins of riding, I also pulled over, turned the bike off for a couple of minutes and tried starting again - and again, needed throttle to start. (Did this another two times as well)…
NGK CR9EK new plugs put in, and bike seems to run fine when it is actually running…but it no longer sparks in to life with a button press…
So…I seem to have a fuelling(?)issue somewhere along the line? Any thoughts?
…if that is one of the connectors on the airbox, then yes…I am almost positive that I reconnected everything back as it needed! But am willing to check…
This is even the photo of me highlighting it when I took it off! I then didn’t refer to my ‘notes’ for reassembly
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… I know that ultimately the issue was schmuckery on my part, but even so, with some spanners, Google, a bit of grit and of course you lot has again turned this whole thing from a “head in hands, despair”; in to a “I can do this”.
I assure you, I am NOT this positive normally.
So thank you.
And beyond that; I’d urge anyone to have a go it truely IS a zen like feeling getting to the bottom of it all, and then a feeling of nirvana once you solve it.
Also…I can now get the tank and airbox off in only 15mins!
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