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Re: bike wont start now? any ideas why?
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:20 pm
by Neosophist
12.2 is almost flat.. charge it up with a battery charger.
maybe you shouldn't do so much all at once when you don't know what your doing.
instead work on one thing at a time until you understand fully how it comes apart and goes back together.
the negative earth from the battery bolts to the frame, very near the subframe bolts.
Do you have any lights at all? Perhaps you havn't connected something (charge battery first though)
If it's drained so quick you probably have a knakered battery.. after fully charging get the bike running and do an electrical system test.
If your worried about water in the electrics spray wd-40 into all the connectors, it will get rid of moisture
Re: bike wont start now? any ideas why?
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:14 pm
by xivlia
hmm okay, il charge the battery up. but when i turn the ignition there NO lights on. not the neutral switch not the oil lights, none. and i thought thats where the negative lead connected...but when i connect the lead there i can see a bright orange spark sometimes...is that meant to be like that? an wbout the wd40 would that not affect the connections at all?
Re: bike wont start now? any ideas why?
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:39 am
by magg
Have you got the ignition On when you connect the negative battery lead to the frame?
Re: bike wont start now? any ideas why?
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:48 am
by xivlia
magg wrote:Have you got the ignition On when you connect the negative battery lead to the frame?
no i connected everything before i turned on the ignition.. and it sparks even if the ignition is off...
Re: bike wont start now? any ideas why?
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:53 am
by magg
Have you connected the negative lead, ignored the sparking, and found that nothing works?
Re: bike wont start now? any ideas why?
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:14 am
by xivlia
magg wrote:Have you connected the negative lead, ignored the sparking, and found that nothing works?
yep connected the negative lead.and nothing works at all.
Re: bike wont start now? any ideas why?
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:30 am
by xivlia
Okay i just tried the bike again. and now the lights come on...but when i try to start the bike. all i hear is a click...and a spark...is it shorting out somewhere? :\
EDIT: i can only hear the relay clicking sorry, not the spark...and it says i have 12.16v on the battery..is that why its not actually turning over but only the relay clicking?.
Re: HELP! i have a BIGGER problem now!
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:36 pm
by xivlia
i had my friend weld a bar onto it. and we levered it out no problem ! :)
Re: bike wont start now? any ideas why?
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:06 pm
by Neosophist
xivlia wrote:Okay i just tried the bike again. and now the lights come on...but when i try to start the bike. all i hear is a click...and a spark...is it shorting out somewhere? :\
EDIT: i can only hear the relay clicking sorry, not the spark...and it says i have 12.16v on the battery..is that why its not actually turning over but only the relay clicking?.
As I said above.. the battery is flat, charge it before doing anything.
the click is becuase of this.
Re: bike wont start now? any ideas why?
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:32 pm
by xivlia
ah okay, thanks. no charger though :\. gonna wait till my dad is home so i can jump start the bike with his car.
UPDATE:.....i tried to jump start the bike....when i connected the jump leads from my dads car to my bike....the ignition lights came on...(neutral light and oil lights)...but when i press the ignition switch...then relay makes a click and shorts itself out....can anyone help me with this....why is this thing shorting out?????? the bike does NOT TURN OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!