1100 EVO Start Up Issue

Darren69 · 09-06-2020, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by fastnfat

BTW I’m a bit paranoid about belts. I had the vertical cylinder belt shred caused by a “foreign object”” in the belt cover. Bike had only done 3500 miles but well out of warranty. Very expensive to have the engine out, bent valves, cracked guides but no other damage, luckily. So just the head rebuilt, and running like a champ 16500 miles later after the rebuild.

That sounds like a poor excuse and that something may have come undone or fell off otherwise how did a foreign object get in there with the covers on?

fastnfat · 09-06-2020, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Darren69

That sounds like a poor excuse and that something may have come undone or fell off otherwise how did a foreign object get in there with the covers on?

****Indeed!*****

Ron1000 · 10-06-2020, 08:23 AM

Had my evo from 1745 miles up to it’s present 18500 miles. Belts every two years and valves every 7500 miles. Although I’m going to miss my 22500 Miles valve service this year due to lack of miles caused by coronavirus, so it’ll be just the belts or get the guy to do The valves early. Dunno.

As for starting, I’m always confident mines will start. Sometimes it’s a bit reluctant sometimes it’s first hit of the button. Doesn’t seem to be any correlation to cold/low batt/hot or anything it just does what it does.

I did go through a phase of it resetting itself when I hit the starter button for awhile and throwing up an error code. But it would always reset fine and start only bug bear is it would turn the traction control off.

I did pull the boot back on the starter motor cable and ACF50 it then copper grease it. I thought it would do nothing, but since then I’ve not had the reset issue. Might be a coincidence.

10-06-2020, 08:23 AM	#3
Ron1000 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Livingston Bike: M1100evo Posts: 863	Had my evo from 1745 miles up to it’s present 18500 miles. Belts every two years and valves every 7500 miles. Although I’m going to miss my 22500 Miles valve service this year due to lack of miles caused by coronavirus, so it’ll be just the belts or get the guy to do The valves early. Dunno. As for starting, I’m always confident mines will start. Sometimes it’s a bit reluctant sometimes it’s first hit of the button. Doesn’t seem to be any correlation to cold/low batt/hot or anything it just does what it does. I did go through a phase of it resetting itself when I hit the starter button for awhile and throwing up an error code. But it would always reset fine and start only bug bear is it would turn the traction control off. I did pull the boot back on the starter motor cable and ACF50 it then copper grease it. I thought it would do nothing, but since then I’ve not had the reset issue. Might be a coincidence.