Ok, this afternoon I go to start my bike (02 CBR F4i) I put the key in, turn it, the headlights/gauges light up, I flip the kill switch, the fuel pump turns on, I press the start button, and it doesn't start.... It clicks like it's trying to turn over, but I get 0 action out of the motor. I check and it's got plenty of fuel (yeah, it seems obvious but I spent the better part of an afternoon trying to start it only to discover I'm out of effin gas!). A friend and I try roll starting it, nothing. Well, now the battery is pretty dead from repeatedly cranking it. The best thing I can think of is maybe a fouled plug or clogged injector, but it was ridden for at least 2 hours everyday for the last week and hasn't given me any trouble at all. Any ideas?

 

First, get some new fuel into it. Second, put some jumper cables on the battery, but don't have the other vehicle running, and then try starting it. See if the engine tries to turn over and fire. If you are getting a "clicking" noise, that is the battery not having enough juice to turn it over.

 

put the battery on a charger overnight and try it again. If the motor isnt turning over then the battery is too dead. But i dont know why it wont start if you try to push start it.

 

Ok, I'll charge the battery and see if that works.

 

Sounds like the Battery to me.

 

you said you tried to run it w/o gas then added it ??? if thats the case theres more then likely air in your fuel lines.....

first things first get a charger on it......... once its been on for a while start cranking it and crank on the throttle (u may have to go to full several times) and it may kick over then die unless you keep the throttle up....

keep doing this, eventually it will go.... my buddy ran his RR dry and i had to go help him get it going..... im sure theres a way to bleed the air out at the rail, but it would be a bitch to do....

my way worked on his RR

 

^No, thatstory was fromover a year ago when I first got the bike. I've had plenty of gas in there this time and I meant it was just the first thing I checked.