1998 600 F3
Had it started and running fine, rode around a couple miles even did a few wheelies. Put it in the garage. 1 week later tried to start it and it just turns and turns but wont fire. I'm not sure how to check the ignition control module but it is getting spark... (at least in the one plug I checked) so does that mean the ignition control is good? What else could it be? If it is getting spark it must not be getting gas right? I saw in another thread to try plugging the fuel pump directly to the battery so I did and I just hear a single click from it... nothing else. Fuel pump bad? Is it supposed to do more than just click? Why would it just crap out on me while sitting in the garage for a week? Or maybe once the bike is running the fuel pump doesn't have to work because it runs on vacume suction? Anyone have any insight to this?

 

I solved it myself. The other plugs weren't sparking. And I guess the one I checked was not sparking good enough to make it fire or start.

Anyway... thought everyone could learn this lesson I learned anyway... After turning the engine over about a thousand times without it firing and then spraying starting fluid into the carbs.... make sure nobody is standing behind the exhaust pipe. It blasted out a 5 or 6 foot flame and sounded like a shotgun when it finally fired and ignited all the un-burned gas and starting fluid in the pipe. Nobody was actually standing there... but the lesson is that it would not be a good idea to do so.

 

What did you do to fix it?

 

I ended up taking out each spark plug, cleaning them thouroughly, and then checking each one to make sure it was sparking good.

 

I had that happen once. I had my bike idling for a few minutes and turned it off, wouldnt start back after that. Fouled plugs. I sandblasted them and it fired right up.