Hartford Motorcycles - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support
Brake pads
- OEM Honda Brake pads. These are the highest recommended pad on the list. They have great stopping power good feel readily available and are reasonably priced. Grade (5). - EBC Green Race. OK for a while not as good as OEM. Grade (2). - Galfer Green's,,,
My bike keeps cutting out
have the battery load tested and the charge circuit checked as it indicates insufficient battery charge to keep the engine running
Battery
Sorry to hear that you have no spark on you bike. Just a quick thought have you measured the battery voltage could your charger have damaged battery. I over charged my battery last year ( would only produce 8V) and had to get a new one along with an Optimax 3 charger so it would not happen again.,,
BIKE WILL NOT START
Remove plug cap from spark plug and unscrew from HT lead. Clean it and put it to one side. Use a set of wire cutters to remove about 1/2 an inch of the HT lead and refit cap. This SHOULD sort it out.
If it was more serious, like the CDI for instance, then it wouldn't spark at all, so thankfully it isn't serious. Hope this helps.
Misfires
The sound and the high fuel consumption are all related. there are many things that might be wrong. it could be the fuel quality the carburettor air filter spark plug or even an elecrtical problem. but since you had the bike serviced but you are still experiencing problems i would try cleaning the spark plug. and when you fit the sparklug back, check wheter the wire going to the sparkplug is in perfect order. then put the bike in neutral, put in on the main stand, start it and check the big wire going to the sparkplug. listen if you can detect any noise in that area. if you hear a tik - tik sound, then there is a elecrtical leak. you should be able to repair that by yourself if not a normal service station would do. however if thats not the problem, then you should bring the bike to another service station,,,
Starts fine,idle is ok but
Hi, you probably have a problem with the clutch or clutch switch. Check to see the defective one and replace to solve the problem....
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