front cylinder doesn't fire

[Randy Grein]

Yup - It fails the classic external spark plug test - use a spare  
plug, ground it against the engine and look for the spark. It's dark  
now so I repeated and discovered one of the leads was loose. It helped  
when I tightened that connector up (with pliers) but still no spark  
until about 2000 rpm. At least I'm onto something; I'll have to check  
a number of connections to make sure they're tight, and maybe replace  
the sparkplug cap.

Yes, sometimes talking about a problem leads to the solution...
Randy Grein, WMRRA #141

On Aug 24, 2009, at 9:32 PM, zoran wrote:

> you sure it is spark missing?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Zoran Vujasinovic
> Twin Works Factory
> 775-786-4881
> www.twfracing.com
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Grein" <randygrein at comcast.net 
> >
> To: "SV List" <SV650 at micapeak.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 9:29 PM
> Subject: front cylinder doesn't fire
>
>
>> Hardly the first time I've dealt with this, but before I could  
>> always  count on it being the cap, wire or coil - or some weird  
>> combination of  the three, and intermittent to boot. It will light  
>> once the motor gets  to about 5 grand (making for a HELL of a  
>> transition) but otherwise  nothing. I grabbed a spare coil and  
>> plug, still nothing. Unless the  mounting bracket needs to be  
>> grounded ( getting it out is a bitch with  all the cables there, I  
>> just plugged the new one in to test) I'm out  of ideas. Anyone?
>> Oh, this is my street ride - '02, stock stock stock, about 30k on  
>> the  clock. It was riding fine, then dead.
>> Randy Grein, WMRRA #141
>>