Here you go guys. got this 05 f4i for 1500! got about 500 into parts and this is where Im at so far.

http://s1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff477/cegarmon/

 

Dang man I payed 1500 for mine too.

 

please continue to nurse it back to health good job so far though

 

willl do. im having issues with the speedo right now. i bought a used one off of ebay and i have it all hooked up but the only thing i can get it to show is the neutral light and the FI light. the FI light stays on even with key out of it? anyone got any ideas?

 

I am in the process of bringing a well stunted '02 back to life. I had that same problem, but bought an entire wire harness that corrected the problem. also check your sensor connections

 

so which wire harness did you buy? did your bike start? right now im stumped. I have bypassed the primer switch and i can hear it prime but it just wont start. It will just keep cranking. i can smell the priming. here is a couple pics of what im seeing. got any ideas? when i hook the headlamp harness up. my FI light stays on and you dont hear it prime unless i bypass it. My FI light is also staying on when the bike is turned off, which you can see in the picture. its the first three pics.

http://s1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff477/cegarmon/

 

After replacing the Starter/kill switch, tracing the harness to the fuel pump and throughout the entire bike, I came to the conclusion that the previous owner was a idiot. To make a long story short I bought an entire used harness and all sub harness.

I know that it is not an pinpointed answer that you were looking for but it solved that problem. the Headlight sub harness was the worst. it was hacked to $ht and caused alot of problems. the HID was drawing alot of power and would cause my 3k-5k RPMs to bog like crazy until the HID box turned off and all was well. are you running the Bank angle sensor? or has it been deleted?

 

this is what i dealt with

 

man, that looks like hell. mine isnt all jacked like that. The headlight and turn signal harness is a little beat up but as for the main harness its in really good condition. And we have taken the bank angle sensor off. It started fine for me last monday. Then on wednesday i tried to start and havent gotten it to start. the only thing different was that i jumped the battery off my jeep. i've checked all the fuses. could it be that one of my relays its damaged? im going to go buy an ohm meter today and check all the relays. still got a lot of body work to do so its not that big of a deal to me that its not starting right now. I know it runs great. its gotta be something simple like a fuse or relay. no way i fried the computer. (i hope)

 

so my brother and i tested all my relays and other electrical things today to find out why my bike wouldnt start and finally i took it all apart and started checking the spark plugs. I pullled one out and noticed it was an irridium spark plug and the tip was all black. I knew at this time that there was an issue because i knew that they were self cleaning. i think its because they havent gotten hot enough because over the years that it has sat its only been started for prolly ten to fifteen minutes at a time. they never got hot enough to clean themselves. im not an expert but thats what i think. so we laid them down to test to see if they were sparking and werent getting much. we then cleaned the tips off with a little file and checked them again. the spark we got was signifcanlty more. instead of filing them all down and trying them, I'll be putting new spark plugs in tomorrow. I'll let you know if it fixes the problem. other than that the rebuild is going great. once i get her started again, i'll be putting the parts on and she'll be ready for paint. im itching to get it finished and getting her started again will be a big break!