bandit 600 running on 3 cylinders , help please folks

[greg 0]

last night bike just seemed to stop wanting to pull and now ive discovered its only running on 3 ( wet finger on all exhaust downpipes 1 is cold its the 1 nearest clutch side)

any ideas ?

[Grumpyowl 0]

check the obvious spark plug / ht leads carb icing

[greg 0]

checked spark and is good ( swapped plugs from different cylender) got fuel in float chamber so unlessed ive missed something its gotta be blocked pilot or main jet ?? any advivce pulling hair out here !

[yankeedoodle 0]

quite possibly carb icing at this time of year

i suffered from it for the first time today, as the bandits are notorious for it!

try popping some wynns dry fuel or silkolene pro fst in the tank, works for me

[greg 0]

cheers matt will have a look into it the carbs are currently in bits now so will see if a good clean sort it if not weres best / cheapest place for these magic aditives of which you speak ?

[yankeedoodle 0]

nice one mate.

im not sure to be honest. I dont use them, I use another one from the local harley shop cos my mate works there.

check out ebay i say

[lee1 1]

@greg wrote:

cheers matt will have a look into it the carbs are currently in bits now so will see if a good clean sort it if not weres best / cheapest place for these magic aditives of which you speak ?

think halfords sell it

[greg 0]

right been for a ride round and all seems ok . shes running on 4 again and its a damn site colder now than it was earlier . thing is the carbs wernt that dirty but im guessing it must have been that

[lee1 1]

@greg wrote:

right been for a ride round and all seems ok . shes running on 4 again and its a damn site colder now than it was earlier . thing is the carbs wernt that dirty but im guessing it must have been that

nice one try that wyns stuff matey

[IntelligentFool 0]

@greg wrote:

any advivce pulling hair out here !

I wouldnt do that dude, ya already starting to thin xx