Top 20 2000 Yamaha YZF-R6 Questions & Answers

If you are looking at the front of the bike it is located on the left side of the carbs closest to you on the top of the carb. Looking at you photo it would be top of the picture in the very middle. The cable runs in line with the carbs or parallel to be clearer.

Check the battery.Is it charged?Also does the neutral light go on? If not check the neutral switch. The neutral switch is behind the engine case near the rear shock and has one wire. Make sure the bike is in neutral or on stands. Remove the one wire and put it to earth/chassis/ground (somewhere metal on the bike). The neutral light should come on and you should be able to start the bike if that was the problem.

did you replace it with a oem switch?There is on some bikes a anti theft device built into the key switch.If you replaced it with a after market switch thats your problem.There is a resister built in the oem switch .You would need to soldier in a 100 ohm resister to make the aftermarket switch work.My advice is to put in the oem key switch

possible corrosion in the indicator switch. not hard to remove, just tedious.

It sounds like a sensor not working good and did you check all the connectors from the front to the back of the bike to make sure that is no debris in there plus get an ohm tester and test all you wiring if possible including coils sensor switch etc.

Check the fuses

Bring it to a certified Yamaha mechanic

Disconnect the wire connections and OHM them out to ground. If you have a short to ground the wires will melt.

Yes it might have shorts inside the coil.

Normally I get the ground from the engine case or main frame not subframe or swingarm

re check timing and valve clearances.

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Ok, consider it kind of like a warning system. You have some blown bulbs and the way it tells you this, it stays solid. The opposite stays off. If it is the back that stays on, then the front bulb is blown and needs to be replaced. Same on all vehicles that use the flasher system.

It needs the carbs cleaned and sync'd. don't risk blowing it up.

Not sure what your talking about - 2000 R6's had carb's. The first year for a fuel injected R6 was 2003.

Sounds like loose battery cables to me. make sure they are clean and tight and battery is fully charged.

Most likely a blown head gasket. Exhaust gas is blowing past the gasket and into the cooling system. It will pressurise the cooling system and push the coolant into overflow bottle. You might notice that after riding the bike for a while and then leaving it to stand for a few minutes, it will push coolant back into the cylinder and you will get a big puff of steam out exhaust when you start it. Best way to check is to do a compression test. Need to remove spark plugs and and screw a compression tester into the hole. Crank the starter and you will see the gauge go up in 3 or 4 strokes. Should be about 224 psi for a new stock motor. Repeat test for remaining 3 cylinders. Pressure should be 90% of that figure (201) and should not be more than 10% different from highest to lowest. Probably find one cylinder is really low.

I dont know a lot about newer motorcylces but I can try to narrow it down for you with my knowledge of motors in general. First off unless it has a kick start, it wont start on a dead battery, if the battery died while trying to start it, it is possible that the battery was too weak to do so and may need replaced. Try putting it on a trickle charger and having it tested to make sure it isn't just bad. from there check your spark, hows the plug? coil? no spark = no start. still nothing? check fuel, start with the filter, or if the plug was wet when you checked it that SHOULD mean its getting gas. if you have spark and you think your getting gas or cant tell, try using starting fluid (take off your air filter and spray it in the intake tube as you try to start it, if it fires up, runs for a few seconds then stops, there's a good chance its a fuel issue. Just a few ideas for you to look into, I know cars but not bikes but the concept is basically the same. good luck, hope you can get it running again before the weather gets too cold to enjoy it !

Possibly has air in the coolant system causing the coolant to boil. You can flush the whole thing if your coolant is in need, but mainly open the radiator cap and shake all hoses to release air while adding more coolant. Also may be the radiator cap spring (maybe). I am not sure about why it will not start up... maybe a sensor will not allow it.* I am not certified in anyway and have minimal knowledge, my 05 r6 had air in the coolant and would boil out of the overflow. Make sure you use distilled water to avoid corrosion.