my 97 f3 was running fine until i let the battery die, when i charged the batt. the lights will come on but when hitting the ignition all lights dim, will not crank or turn over, ive tried to bump start but no luck, any advise will help.

 

Check under the tank, just forward and to the left of the battery box. You should
see a red connector. That's your starter relay. Saddled to the side of that, under
the connector is a 30amp fuse. That's your main. Check it and see if it blew.

You'll have to pull the side-covers>seat>tank to get to it easily. Don't forget to
switch the petcock to off, before you pull the fuel-line.

Hope this helps, Ern

 

i just took the tank and took a look the fuse was not blown but i swapped the fuse, and some other fuses, but the bike still does the same thing and refuses to start????

 

Could it possibly be the alternator is faulty?

 

Is the battery good? Try charging it to full, again. Put a dc meter on the battery terminals
directly. It should show about 12.9 volts. Turn the key on while watching
the meter, it should, over about 20-30 secs, slowly drop to about 11.4 volts. If it
doesn't have 12.5+ volts with the bike off and/or goes below 11.4 volts with the
ignition on (with headlights), then pull the battery and have it tested.

If it's bad, that's your problem. If not, let me know and we'll go from there.

Ern

Ern

 

will try that, thanks

 

batt. is fully charged, still no luck it will not roll start,

 

When you push start it, does the motor turn over or tire slide?

 

+1 for what mad said
If the battery is in fact bad then go ahead and hook a charger up to it and see if it will turn over
If it doesn't then its not only the battery

 

the motor will turn over when being pushed so its not locked up, i have had a battery charger hooked to it, says its full charge