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Hi Again well we installed new plugs and got the machine back together. The magnetic plug socket was the ideal tool so that bit of advice was spot on. With an external battery it started with some difficulty but certainly ran but very roughly. The new plugs were champion 8654 they looked different o...

Hi All

Thanks for all the replies have ordered a magnetic socket that most think are the best and a selection of extension bars
Will see how we get on

cheers

Bob

Hi back in June I posted an alternator problems my sone was having on his 52 reg R6. this problem is currently held because the engine developed misfire that we traced to one of the coil on plug assembly. AS the bike is stripped down quite a bit it seem sensible to change the plugs while we have acc...

HI All thanks for the other comments. We set up with a external battery that was in a good state of charge and planned to see if we could measure the current flow in and out of the external battery. The external battery was from a car and so had plenty of umph . However the engine was difficult to s...

Hi All Thanks for the suggestions. I am pretty sure that the stator coil arrangement does not have deliberate connection to ground (chassis -ve of the battery) so I am going to check the insulation of the coils to ground. While the connectors are out I will give them all a good clean with contact cl...

Hi All Thanks for the comments. I will try and comment on each of them. It does have an alarm and it also stands at my house while son is away at work. I do float charge it . I monitored the current the alarm takes and work out the amp hours that it drains the battery. Using a Timer and battery char...

Hi Folks I am retired electrical engineer and am struggling to help my son with a electrical problem. The bike is a ( in the UK) a 52 reg R6 and the problem is that when it is taken on a long run it cuts out and it transpires that the battery is totally flat. This occurs even when only side lights a...