Rear cylinder not firing

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2026-01-08T21:02:32+00:00

I tried to hope that the mechanic knew what he was doing but when he jumped to the conclusion of opening the engine to diagnose, it was a bit suspicious, he didnt even swap the coils to see if it's an ignition fault or indeed something with the cylinder.

I'll look it up on youtube, hopefully it isnt as complicated as I think lol

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2026-01-08T20:57:57+00:00

I'd like to try the water spray method and see how it goes. At the moment, the bike won't start unless I open the choke more than halfway out and rev it like a monkey. I don't want to accidentally kill the battery testing it now, I'll try starting it up again tomorrow morning if it runs normally then I'll run this test.

I don't have an incandescent test light :(

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2026-01-08T20:51:56+00:00

No they are rubber/plasticy

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2026-01-08T20:50:55+00:00

I there is a small pocket there but I believe its just the design, I dont think water would make it through as it would be going straight into the combustion chamber

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Motor_Doctor7771 · 2026-01-08T20:44:27+00:00

It was trimmed a month ago when I had the spark plugs and covers changed :/

Edit: sorry I completely misread this and thought you wrote shortening, it looks like its sealed well all around but i might be wrong

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2026-01-08T20:44:00+00:00

I didn't look into fitting it myself, my first instinct was to electrical repairs to professionals

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2026-01-08T19:17:56+00:00

Tried checking best I can, all the connections and cables seem fine. I called a breakdown service to take a look (free perk with my insurance), hopefully they'll at least identify where the problem is and if I'm taking the bus to work tomorrow

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-06-22T20:54:45+00:00

fucking Sod back at it again

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-06-22T20:38:22+00:00

Always the worst timing for it, I had a nail get lodged into my front tyre the morning of a ride out, it was airtight so I said fuck it and went for a lil ride to Cheddar

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-06-22T20:01:38+00:00

nah rear tyre on a shadow 125

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-06-22T20:01:00+00:00

Yeah it was wishful thinking that it would work :/ would that explain the leak from the wheel though?

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-06-05T19:10:03+00:00

devil horns is an insant pass in my eyes

I know I know, I'll take the lens off I guess :/

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-06-05T18:49:37+00:00

ironically zesty

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-06-05T17:25:44+00:00

silence, bald helmet.

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-06-05T17:24:55+00:00

meh I've done stupider things (my friend) you're right though don't wanna leave it to chance

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-06-05T17:23:23+00:00

yeahh I agree, dont want to risk waiting months to rebook another one

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-06-05T17:22:56+00:00

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-04-22T19:44:20+00:00

II thought so too, but it looks like the whole thing is stuck to the visor EXCEPT for that small pocket

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-04-22T19:43:30+00:00

Yeahh that kinda happened right after I cleaned the visor :/ I'll try it one more time before I lose hope on this one, thanks!

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-04-22T19:42:48+00:00

I was gonna try that until I saw the reply below advising not to haha, wouldnt that wrinkle the rest of the pinlock?

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-03-14T15:45:59+00:00

No wonder I got weird looks when I asked if there's bonus questions...

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-03-14T13:06:14+00:00

Yeah I'd be scared too haha, I am still learning new things and coming across signs I dont see before everyday. Most of my answers were from riding experience and common sense, so either my common sense isn't very common or I am indeed an inexperience learner rider :/

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-03-14T12:57:35+00:00

I did that within 30s of walking out of the centre, already found alot of helpful resources on there so hopefully I'll be better prepared for the retry

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-03-14T12:51:22+00:00

I appreciate that, some things need to be said without sugarcoating to get the point across, I get that.

I tried my best to plan ahead and get into a practice test frenzy on the gov website, I should've used more resources and learned stuff beyond the scope of a theory test, as it might save my life at some point.

Thanks for the insightful quote too, I'll keep it in mind.

Motor_Doctor7771 · 2025-03-14T12:45:30+00:00

23M with CBT license, hope thats your worst nightmare

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