So I went to jump on my blade the other day, turned the key listened to the fuel pump prime and after it shut off, I hit the starter button and nothing. Didn’t even try to crank or anything. I thought that maybe it thought that the kick stand was down so I sat on the bike and put the kick stand up and grabbed the clutch, still nothing. Checked the lights and the horn, both worked, hit the kill switch thinking that electronics might have went out, but when I turned it back to the running position, the fuel pump ran again. I checked the fuse to see if the starter fuse was blown, but it was good. Can anyone give me a good idea of where to proceed with this? Anyone have this happen to them? What should I start looking at?

 

I'd start by seeing if you find signal from the switch at the starter relay. That will tell you which way to trace, back through the switch or through the starter.

 

Were you in neutral or in gear? If in gear, see if your clutch switch is sticky? I have experience s sticky clutch switch, meaning even though you pull the clutch, the pin is stuck...

 

yup, i'm thinking it's in the clutch switch since your bike primed.... either it's unplugged or stuck

 

No I was in neutral. I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't something stupid like I wasn't, but the "green light" was on and it pushes, so it is in neutral. I will try to check if I am getting a signal at the relay later tonight, when I get home from work.

 

Weak battery....mine did this at the beginning of the riding season. Key on lights worked and the fuel pump primed just as normal...but when I pressd the starter button I got nothing, put battery charger on for 15 minutes and it fired right up.

 

last night I took the starting button assembly apart and cleaned the contacts and made sure that there wasn't a problem there. After I did that I tried starting the bike and saw that the headlights were going out, so that at least tells me that there isn't anything wrong with the switch. But the switch did look like it needed cleaned, so no harm no foul there. I then threw the battery tender on the bike and I let it on all night and will leave it on all day, so that I can be sure that the battery is good and charged and I will try it again tonight when I get home and give an update on that. I am hoping that it is just a bad battery. I will try to log on this weekend and let you know what I find.

 

A dead (amp) battery will not even take a charge....that's what happen to me. I charge all night and still won't start.

 

Well, put the bike on the charger and charged it up and tested the battery, everything is good there. So onto the next idea...I'm thinking that it is going to a relay or something. Anyone have any ideas where they would go from here?

 

See if the relay is connecting the circuit from the battery to the starter.