Hi, had a weird problem yesterday when I was leaving work.
Left the bike in gear cos I couldn't get into neutral on the while coasting to a stop. Finished work and hopped on turned the key and hit the ignition switch. Got a laboured turn over like she had a flat battery but then all the electrics went out (no light, indicators, ignition). First thought was that I had blown the fuse. In the process of checking it i rocked the bike and tried it again and it tried to turn over again...so rocked her some more and she fired up and electrics were all good.
I rewired the ignition but I soldered and covered the connection so I think the connections are all good, will recheck them. It's the rocking that got me. Used to do it on old cars with a flat spot on the flywheel to get them going, but they would still crank. I'm wondering if it could be a stator problem?
Since then I've used the bike and she started and ran no problem, what do you guys think? She's running and starting fine at the moment I'm just a bit scared if the problem is symptomatic of something on the way out or it gets worse...cheers
Left the bike in gear cos I couldn't get into neutral on the while coasting to a stop. Finished work and hopped on turned the key and hit the ignition switch. Got a laboured turn over like she had a flat battery but then all the electrics went out (no light, indicators, ignition). First thought was that I had blown the fuse. In the process of checking it i rocked the bike and tried it again and it tried to turn over again...so rocked her some more and she fired up and electrics were all good.
I rewired the ignition but I soldered and covered the connection so I think the connections are all good, will recheck them. It's the rocking that got me. Used to do it on old cars with a flat spot on the flywheel to get them going, but they would still crank. I'm wondering if it could be a stator problem?
Since then I've used the bike and she started and ran no problem, what do you guys think? She's running and starting fine at the moment I'm just a bit scared if the problem is symptomatic of something on the way out or it gets worse...cheers