Hi guys, been a while since I’ve last been on here but that’s mainly because she’s been behaving superbly and I’ve been living the dream-ish!

The lady in question is a 2003 RSV-R, all sorted with all the right mods (everywhere) and a healthy battery buuut, as soon as she gets wet now she’ll turn over healthily but no start. Fuel is getting there, primes as she should and after turning over in attempts to start you can smell the fuel is getting to where it should (not flooding, just doing what it should).

I’m going to get a new battery (YTX14BS) as a matter of course but I’m fairly confident that isn’t the problem as once I’d got the bike back from the trauma of recovery (16hrs to do a just over 4hr journey… it’s a looooong story for another time!) and recharged it she fired up on the first prod of the button!🧐

My thought is that whatever is meant to decide to provide a spark to both cylinders is the bit that’s getting wet as neither cylinder is even coughing, popping or owt in between!

My mechanical knowledge is ok, electrics I can hold my head above water, just!

Hoping you lot can help me save some time by directing me to the bits I should be checking/changing first.

I wouldn’t rule out flooding if it’s not a regular rain only thing. The fact it fired at home doesn’t necessarily mean it dried out from damp, but maybe it had time for the fuel to evaporate that soaked the plugs. Maybe try the new batt before diving in too far as the first thing that suffers with a below par battery is the spark strength. 

If it’s damp only and it’s fueling ok then it’s spark related so plug caps, plug leads etc. as failing plug cap or lead will track to ground much easier once wet.  Make sure the rubber cover is present on the ecu. 

Realise the possibility of flooding but doesn’t have the strength of smell until it’s been turning over for a few attempts.