dead gsxr 750 (1988)

"Ron Seiden" <ronseiden_AT_email.com> wrote in message
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> You don't want to jump start a bike from a car (if the car is running).
> Automobile electrical systems are so much more powerful than bikes' that
> you
> can fry components in the bike. If you have to jump start a bike from a
> car,
> just connect to the car's battery with the car's engine off.
>
> "randy pape" <rpape1.RemoveThis@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
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>> hello, a friend of mine has this 1988 gsxr 750 and it won't start
>> the cycle shop said it would cost $600.00 to fix it so he took it home.
>> supposedly it was the cdi ? he put the part in then it had spark but his
>> battery went dead and so he jumped it with his car. now he says he has no
>> spark. I'm going to school to be an industrial electrician and i work on
> all
>> my cars and bikes.
>> Can some one tell me what steps to take to troubleshoot this bike . he
>> really needs the help and can't afford to take it in, he's recently
> divorced
>> with kids, so i'm trying to help him.i 'm not familiar with this bike,i
> used
>> to race dirt bikes . thanks for any input or help in this matter.

Replace the battery.....with a new one (of course)

Fwed
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> "Ron Seiden" <ronseiden_AT_email.com> wrote in message
> news:1142685692_11147@sp6iad.superfeed.net...
>> You don't want to jump start a bike from a car (if the car is running).
>> Automobile electrical systems are so much more powerful than bikes' that
>> you
>> can fry components in the bike. If you have to jump start a bike from a
>> car,
>> just connect to the car's battery with the car's engine off.
>>
>> "randy pape" <rpape1.RemoveThis@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:%mJSf.29446$ty4.21117@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>>> hello, a friend of mine has this 1988 gsxr 750 and it won't start
>>> the cycle shop said it would cost $600.00 to fix it so he took it home.
>>> supposedly it was the cdi ? he put the part in then it had spark but his
>>> battery went dead and so he jumped it with his car. now he says he has
>>> no
>>> spark. I'm going to school to be an industrial electrician and i work on
>> all
>>> my cars and bikes.
>>> Can some one tell me what steps to take to troubleshoot this bike . he
>>> really needs the help and can't afford to take it in, he's recently
>> divorced
>>> with kids, so i'm trying to help him.i 'm not familiar with this bike,i
>> used
>>> to race dirt bikes . thanks for any input or help in this matter.
>
> Replace the battery.....with a new one (of course)
>
> Fwed

Of course, there could possibly be other stuff wrong too.... how long
did it sit without being run? Before you change the battery, I would check
for compression first... If the compression is within 10 of each other, then
you should be ok... that will also tell you that you don't have to do any
head work of any kind, so your (other) repair work will be kept to a
minimum. Then I would do a complete tune up and replace the battery. If it
still doesn't start and you have spark, you most likely will have to rebuild
your carbs.

Good Luck...

Fwed
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hello, I just was over by friends house and he had a Clymer repair manual
for his GSXR 750. we checked the coils that the plug wires come out of and
they had the correct resistance according to the book. we also checked the
signal generator and that ohmed out ok also. it didn't show the pulsar coils
in the book. when he put the fully charged battery in the bike we also
checked each plug wire with plug in it for spark and got nothing on all of
them. is there any way of checking out the igniter box other than taking it
to the dealer? thanks Randy
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does anyone have the exact instructions for testing the ignitor box with a
1.5v battery, for a 1988 GSXR. my friends Clymer book for this bike does not
have it in there. it does have a wiring diagram in the back of the book and
shows the ignitor box but how and what do i hook up the battery to and is
the key on and are the plugs still connected into the ignitor box? What
exactly does this test do?
so far we know by testing resistance on the signal generator and the coils
for the plugs that these are ok. We also put 12v across the coils and did
get spark directly from the battery.
i still think its leaning towards this box being bad ,but for the cost of
replacement we need to be sure. thanks for any help or info Randy
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thanks Mark
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