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Battery issue, perhaps. Using the starter motor causes a fairly large voltage drop across the system. It might be enough that your coils don't produce a strong enough spark to get things going.
To test this theory, hook up some jumper cables from your car (leave the car turned off) to your bike and try to use the electric start.
To test this theory, hook up some jumper cables from your car (leave the car turned off) to your bike and try to use the electric start.
Get a multimeter or voltmeter and monitor the voltage across the battery terminals. Let us know what it is when the bike is off, what it is when idling, what it is at 4,000 RPM (wait until engine is warm before doing this test), and what it is when you're trying to start using the electric starter.
Well it looks like I have another problem. I put in a brand new battery yesterday that was fully charged. Started by kicking it no problem. Today, I won't even get a dim light. I'm getting a reading of 1.57 V through the multimeter whereas yesterday I was getting 13-14. Any ideas?
Sounds like you've got some current drain going on somewhere. You can check by removing the cable from the negative terminal from your battery, and placing your voltmeter (in 'amps' mode) leads between the negative terminal and the cable. If you read anything above 1 its time to start digging.
Drewski77 said:
Any reading is bad news. Should be zero with the key off (unless you're using something aftermarket that might use a little bit of power with the key off, but that's a little more than a little).
Keeps measuring and start unplugging things one at a time. When the number drops or drops to zero, you found the issue.
Okay, so this is where I'm at. The bike started today with the electric start- my guess was that the battery was fully charged. I did the Charging system test and these were my results:
Battery off: 12.775 V
Idling: 12.845 V
4000 RPM: 13.35-13.50 V
Starting with Electric Start: 10.42 V
With these results, I'd assume that the charging system is indeed charging, correct?
Issue #2: Battery Drainage
So far, I've disconnected the fuse box- tail, head main, ignition, and horn. No luck. Every time i disconnected something, the multimeter still read drainage at the same level...
Any suggestions?
Battery off: 12.775 V
Idling: 12.845 V
4000 RPM: 13.35-13.50 V
Starting with Electric Start: 10.42 V
With these results, I'd assume that the charging system is indeed charging, correct?
Issue #2: Battery Drainage
So far, I've disconnected the fuse box- tail, head main, ignition, and horn. No luck. Every time i disconnected something, the multimeter still read drainage at the same level...
Any suggestions?
Charging system seems to be OK, should be around 14v at 4k rpm, you should read the sticky post by Sonrier on charging systems for some good information on that.
Your current draw could be coming from a bad coil. Disconnect ignition coils, regulator/rectifier, etc. Refer to your wiring diagram and keep disconnecting things that draw current.
Your current draw could be coming from a bad coil. Disconnect ignition coils, regulator/rectifier, etc. Refer to your wiring diagram and keep disconnecting things that draw current.
