Whats up guys, new to the forum.

I have a 2000 CBR 600F4 with 18,869 miles that has been giving me engine problems the past few days.

First Occurrence: 6/5/06

After having the bike sit covered outside for 2 weeks, the bike wouldn’t start the first few times hitting the starter button. Waited 10 minutes and the bike started up. Bike ran normally for approximately 3 minutes. Bike then proceed to slowly die out and a small amount of grayish smoke came out of the left front side after the engine died. Tried to start the bike again twice and just a clicking noise was heard. Let bike sit for 4 hours and bike started up and ran normally. Took it for a short ride around the neighborhood then parked it.

Second Occurrence: 6/8/06

Checked oil level, was OK. Bike started on first try and proceeded to run normally. Rode bike for approximately an hour. Started to head home, began going up a hill (50 mph) then the bike started to slow down. Increased throttle, no response from engine. Throttle then stuck in position and bike ran at 20-25 mph up the hill. After reaching the top of the hill, engine completely stopped. Throttle became unstuck and bike would not restart, same clicking heard as in first occurrence. Bike was stuck in gear and even after grabbing the clutch was unable to roll. Proceeded to rock the bike back and forth and finally got the bike to go into neutral and pushed it on to the side walk. Tried to start a couple of more times and the clicking noise was still heard. Drifted the bike down the hill a bit and the bike started. Rode it to top of my hill then it died again and coasted to my parking spot.

I am planning on going through the easy checks as the shop manual suggests and will post results.

I have a bad feeling that there is something wrong with the actual engine mechanics.

If anyone has any ideas or suggestions please feel free

Thanks

John

 

Here is a suggestion, and a good one IMO:

Stop starting the bike! Find out what is wrong without running it.
If something is wrong internally (which is sounds like) you could
be turning a minor problem into a huge one.

A quick way to know if it's terminal? Drain your oil and look at it with a flashlight.
And/or count the chunks in the drain pan :0

 

I agree. Get that thing to a shop before it never starts again..

 

I concur, starting the bike on a relatively simple infraction may result in frequent chronic and extremely costly repairs to the vehicle you control. By eliminating the necessity of chronic exposure to engine compression, one is likely to be blessed in the art of communication on a much higher level than the rest of civilization. I applaud my comrads in the war against destroying motorcycles.