A little background: I bought my bike used. It's a 2006 Ninja 650r with 3600 miles on it. I bought it with around 2400 miles about a month ago. The owner had it checked out before he sold it, oil change, inspection, always had the battery on a trickle charger while not using it.
About 2 weeks ago my FI light comes on randomly, then goes off. More recently my bike had issues with cold starts and sometimes would need to be rev'ed to start or try 3-5 times. This has happened 2-3 times. I went for a trip to Mt Rainer the other day and mid-410 my bike wouldn't start for 2-3 times (Click, click, click) and I thought it was a battery issue, on the way back the FI light stayed on and never went off with a little bit of headlight fluctuation.
Anyways, the FI light stayed on all yesterday as well. I decided to try the self-diagnosis and was told to take a wire (Bought one at home depot) "ground" it to the orange/black self diagnosis terminal to the negative terminal on the battery for 2 seconds (According to the service manual). I did that yesterday with no luck (it wouldn't display anything) so I took it to a stealership and they load tested my battery, said I was using the self diagnosis right but I should have them hook the laptop up (for $90), said thanks for checking the battery and left.
Since then the light went on, but went off and now it randomly comes on. The tech at the stealership said to check all wires make sure it's not grounding somehow from wear and tear for a false read, but since the bike had issues starting I am thinking something else.
No clue what to do here, has anyone used the self diagnosis terminal before or know a way to hook it up to a laptop to read the ECU like the stealership would do? I'm not paying $90 to have someone read a code for 2-3 minutes and charge me an hours work. I have a reader that plugs into my car and won't pay for "check engine" light diagnosis either. I'm mechanicly inclined and perfer to do all my own maintenance unless it's a big job or something that I may screw up.
About 2 weeks ago my FI light comes on randomly, then goes off. More recently my bike had issues with cold starts and sometimes would need to be rev'ed to start or try 3-5 times. This has happened 2-3 times. I went for a trip to Mt Rainer the other day and mid-410 my bike wouldn't start for 2-3 times (Click, click, click) and I thought it was a battery issue, on the way back the FI light stayed on and never went off with a little bit of headlight fluctuation.
Anyways, the FI light stayed on all yesterday as well. I decided to try the self-diagnosis and was told to take a wire (Bought one at home depot) "ground" it to the orange/black self diagnosis terminal to the negative terminal on the battery for 2 seconds (According to the service manual). I did that yesterday with no luck (it wouldn't display anything) so I took it to a stealership and they load tested my battery, said I was using the self diagnosis right but I should have them hook the laptop up (for $90), said thanks for checking the battery and left.
Since then the light went on, but went off and now it randomly comes on. The tech at the stealership said to check all wires make sure it's not grounding somehow from wear and tear for a false read, but since the bike had issues starting I am thinking something else.
No clue what to do here, has anyone used the self diagnosis terminal before or know a way to hook it up to a laptop to read the ECU like the stealership would do? I'm not paying $90 to have someone read a code for 2-3 minutes and charge me an hours work. I have a reader that plugs into my car and won't pay for "check engine" light diagnosis either. I'm mechanicly inclined and perfer to do all my own maintenance unless it's a big job or something that I may screw up.