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Good afternoon all.

New here and looking for some much needed help.

I've had my 1994 RD07 Africa Twin for about a year now and it hasn't skipped a beat and quite frankly is the best and most pleasurable bike I've ever owned. Until my journey to work on friday.

I approached a set of lights which changed to red so I rolled off the throttle and glided to a halt at the line where she cut out. Much smoother than a stall, she simply stopped running and hasn't started up since.

I checked all fuses which are fine. The starter relay works, there is plenty of fuel, i have compression and the starter turns nicely on the press of the button.

My thoughts are perhaps the fuel pump given it's age or perhaps a blocked jet?

Wondered if anyone else has come across this before and if so what the remedie would be?

While looking at the price of a replacement fuel pump I came across a fuel pump points repair kits. Does anybody have any knowledge of these or their reliability/functionality?

Many thanks in advance for any help or advice you can give.
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Good afternoon all.



New here and looking for some much needed help.



I've had my 1994 RD07 Africa Twin for about a year now and it hasn't skipped a beat and quite frankly is the best and most pleasurable bike I've ever owned. Until my journey to work on friday.



I approached a set of lights which changed to red so I rolled off the throttle and glided to a halt at the line where she cut out. Much smoother than a stall, she simply stopped running and hasn't started up since.



I checked all fuses which are fine. The starter relay works, there is plenty of fuel, i have compression and the starter turns nicely on the press of the button.



My thoughts are perhaps the fuel pump given it's age or perhaps a blocked jet?



Wondered if anyone else has come across this before and if so what the remedie would be?



While looking at the price of a replacement fuel pump I came across a fuel pump points repair kits. Does anybody have any knowledge of these or their reliability/functionality?



Many thanks in advance for any help or advice you can give.


I have recently repaired my fuel pump with a repair kit like that. It is fairly easy to do. There are some instructions on YouTube which help a lot.
To be sure the fuel pump is the problem, you can bypass it to get fuel in the carbs. You can run the bike without a fuel pump when the tank is full.


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Is it the fuel pump ???

Pull off the outlet hose off the fuel pump and turn the engine. If the pump is working it will pump fuel. If not, get yourself a Facet pump from Ruggedroads.com


Is it electrical ???

Pull out the HT coils on the front and rear cylinders (one at a time). Get a spare spark plug and earth it to the bike's engine and see if you can see a spark.


Check these first and report back.


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