Smoke? What color smoke? White smoke is usually antifreeze getting into the cylinder- blown head gasket. Blue smoke is usually oil getting in by valve guides or rings. Black smoke is usually extreme richness- loose or too big main jets or, one or more sticky piston/needles causing jet needles to stay out of the main jet. That really boggs down acceleration. But another thing that can cause a bike to bogg down is the ignition not advancing. (Am I the only one who still has a timing light?)

Several decades ago, a motorcycle magazine said to change the main jets on my old GS1000 from a 95 to 115 and to take off the lid on the airbox. Magazines were like the internet 25 years ago. Well, I did that. The bike ran like crap and my mileage went from 45 mpg down to 38. The problem was that the magazine was at sea level. All my riding is over a mile high, and I changed it back to 95 which is the perfect jet for my altitude. I did keep the lid off the airbox though.

 

Sprock your a genius, the mid harness connetor is shot!!!
Here is a pic of the damage


Poke, it was blue smoke, but it seems that the seafoam soak helped. Because the smoke is gone now. And no I still own a timing light too.

So how should I replace the harness? buy a connector with the same # of wires and plug and play? or find one at a junkyard or fleabay?

Thanks for all the help ya'll!!

Mike

 

Well done on sourcing the problem. Personally I'd find a matching plug since it is held in place by the bracket.

Well done to Sprock as well for the suggestion.

Cheers, SB

 

Well I will try and source one, but tomorrow I will use waterproof female/male blade connectors and ensure the problem is resolved. I gotta say I LOVE THIS SITE!

 

If you can't source one just make one up with spade connectors - it's never visible anyway.

I hope you are planning on a new RR and battery to round the whole deal off - you should
or you run the risk of blowing field coils in the stator

Hey this is the best news

 

Ok, I finally got the wires repaired with blade connectors. I had high hopes the problem would be resolved, but its not. Next is the reg/rect. Ill do a swap on that and get a new batt and go frome there. BTW the smoking is gone.

more to follow

 

Yeah the R/R is 99% likely to be junk and the battery cooked as well as a result

Just fingers crossed the stator field coils are all okay !

 

So if i was to buy a gsxr 1000 r/r(ive heard they are better) what year would work? Id prefer to buy a brand new r/r so it "should" last longer.

Mike

 

You need this :- Your Search Results with Electrex World Ltd

 

Listen to Hawk and a GSXR R/R of any kind will not work - these are specialized R/R's not
conventional ones