Gas station, no start.
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:20 pm
So, my issue is a little different than the other thread on here about not starting.
First off, the bike and I are back home, so no urgency here.
Had this bike a few months, so far I've had to redo the fuel lines, fix the reversed fuel cock issue, front and rear tires and tubes, carb tune, and replace the battery box and battery. I ended up going with the gBatt 'cause of all the hype from here, and to get this out of the way beforehand, the battery is at 100% and was at 90% when this occurred.
Just finished a complete rebuild of the front and rear calipers and master cylinders on the brakes, getting rid of the nasty fluid and deposits the previous owner never bothered to fix, decided to finally get the bike out before it gets too cold. Bike started in less than a second from a cold stop, wonderful, new battery is doing wonders. I drive about 10 minutes up the road to a gas station to fill up before I go on the rest of my ride... However, when I go to start the bike... Nothing. All lights are lit, but with the kickstand up, clutch held in, transmission in neutral there's not so much as an electrical noise or a tick from the starter. For reference, I've had the battery go dead on me before, so I have a little experience with how this bike behaves when the voltage is just too low. At this point I figure that despite all odds even with the new battery, it's dead and the R/R is probably out, so I call a buddy for a jumpstart. However, the jump doesn't make any difference. Left it charging with the cables for a few minutes, no difference. In the end, I just sat on the damn thing jabbing at the start button about a hundred times in different positions until magically the bike started up like nothing was ever wrong. Hurried home and parked it under cover, and now here I am.
Any ideas? It could just be the button I suppose, but that would seem strange to me. Maybe a break in a wire somewhere? I tested the battery when I got home, and it was at 90%, so it's not a R/R issue or a dead battery. Tomorrow I plan on running some continuity tests, but I don't really have any idea where to start... Hoping you guys might know.
First off, the bike and I are back home, so no urgency here.
Had this bike a few months, so far I've had to redo the fuel lines, fix the reversed fuel cock issue, front and rear tires and tubes, carb tune, and replace the battery box and battery. I ended up going with the gBatt 'cause of all the hype from here, and to get this out of the way beforehand, the battery is at 100% and was at 90% when this occurred.
Just finished a complete rebuild of the front and rear calipers and master cylinders on the brakes, getting rid of the nasty fluid and deposits the previous owner never bothered to fix, decided to finally get the bike out before it gets too cold. Bike started in less than a second from a cold stop, wonderful, new battery is doing wonders. I drive about 10 minutes up the road to a gas station to fill up before I go on the rest of my ride... However, when I go to start the bike... Nothing. All lights are lit, but with the kickstand up, clutch held in, transmission in neutral there's not so much as an electrical noise or a tick from the starter. For reference, I've had the battery go dead on me before, so I have a little experience with how this bike behaves when the voltage is just too low. At this point I figure that despite all odds even with the new battery, it's dead and the R/R is probably out, so I call a buddy for a jumpstart. However, the jump doesn't make any difference. Left it charging with the cables for a few minutes, no difference. In the end, I just sat on the damn thing jabbing at the start button about a hundred times in different positions until magically the bike started up like nothing was ever wrong. Hurried home and parked it under cover, and now here I am.
Any ideas? It could just be the button I suppose, but that would seem strange to me. Maybe a break in a wire somewhere? I tested the battery when I got home, and it was at 90%, so it's not a R/R issue or a dead battery. Tomorrow I plan on running some continuity tests, but I don't really have any idea where to start... Hoping you guys might know.