MoldTheClay
Well-known member
So this is a new issue I've been having over the last month. Seemingly for no rhyme or reason my fuel pump will refuse to prime even with the killswitch in the on position, key in, in neutral, etc.
About 75% of the time when I put the key in, put the bike in neutral, and hit the kill switch I hear the whirring of the fuel pump priming.
The rest of the time I just kind-of hear a click or two and nothing. No buzz, no whirr, nothing. The only thing that seems to fix the issue is to keep turning the bike off and on, flipping the kill switch off then back on, turning it off again, back on again, etc. until I eventually hear the fuel pump prime.
It seems to also fix itself quicker if I physically move the bike by pushing it, throwing into gear, back into neutral, and then repeating the turning it on and off thing. Moving it might not be doing anything to help for all I know, but it feels like it works more often than not.
My bike is a 2012 ninja 1000 with 75k miles on it. Any tips on what to check? Once it fires up everything runs perfectly, so it hasn't been the most urgent issue, just a bit nerve wracking when I am stuck somewhere late at night, cold, with a pump that will not prime.
About 75% of the time when I put the key in, put the bike in neutral, and hit the kill switch I hear the whirring of the fuel pump priming.
The rest of the time I just kind-of hear a click or two and nothing. No buzz, no whirr, nothing. The only thing that seems to fix the issue is to keep turning the bike off and on, flipping the kill switch off then back on, turning it off again, back on again, etc. until I eventually hear the fuel pump prime.
It seems to also fix itself quicker if I physically move the bike by pushing it, throwing into gear, back into neutral, and then repeating the turning it on and off thing. Moving it might not be doing anything to help for all I know, but it feels like it works more often than not.
My bike is a 2012 ninja 1000 with 75k miles on it. Any tips on what to check? Once it fires up everything runs perfectly, so it hasn't been the most urgent issue, just a bit nerve wracking when I am stuck somewhere late at night, cold, with a pump that will not prime.
