manofsteele Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 First of all, sorry for asking for help on my very first post.... I'm new to trials and have recently bought a 2001 315R which has conveniently broken down on me out here in the French Alps. I've been reading back through the forum and see that stator problems are not unknown to these bikes, and if I were a betting man I'd say this was my problem, but I'd like your thoughts please; The bike started misbehaving the day before. It felt exactly like an oiled plug, which given the altittude up here wouldn't surprise me. So I got it home (it ran ok after a good gunning) and the following morning I fitted a new plug and she started up first kick, clean and crisp. Problem solved I thought... However, the bike stopped for good near the top of a very long climb, on my way to my favourite spot. Just went off. No peterring out or misfires, nowt. Up there I checked for a spark (it has one, but weak in my opinion), had the float bowl off and jets out (all super clean) and I had the kill button to bits just to eliminate it. So I coasted all the way down back to the van and looked some more. I had the carb off completely and stripped it; no issues there. I had the side cover off and the flywheel appears to be secure, the stator looks intact, as does the pickup. I've undone, cleaned and refitted every electrical multipug on the thing, all to no avail. I'm officially out of ideas. There was only one fault I found and that was on the carb; the two breather pipes had fused together on the exhaust and were full of fuel. Might be my problem I thought, but no. Fettled that but no change to the bike, still no fire up. So, I have tools here including a multimeter, but no repair manual. Are there any tests I can make to the stator? Have I missed something? Right now with a week left of my hols I'm gagging to ride again and would appreciate any and all input from you fine fellows Thanks in advance Rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for artie Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 are you using a 'Resistor type" plug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr34 Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 (edited) manual attached i hope it helps http://rs166l34.rapidshare.com/files/54556...15R_02_2002.pdf Edited September 9, 2007 by sr34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofsteele Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Thanks for the replies. I am indeed running a resistor typre plug. Cheers for the manual also - that'll be a great help Think I've cured it.... Short green wire from bottom of coil, an earth I presume, which loops round and connects to coil bracket. Had that off and cleaned up the faces and the loop connector. Started first kick. Having read a few more old threads I then decide to check the carb settings and find the mixture screw at 3.5 turns out. Which to my reckoning is bloody rich. So i've wound that back in to 1.25 turns out and I've been out riding today for about 3 hours without a problem. Once in a blue moon the engine cuts out at idle but I'm putting that down to altitude and standard jetting (i'm at 3000 metres up). So fingers crossed I'll get some more riding in before I come home at the weekend Thanks again, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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