TECH Help

[pauldeepsea]

Okay just picked the bike up from a real shit hole of a repair shop. Not sure how to start. I initially took the bike in for a fork seal job and to make a long story short. I get the bike back and it will not crank "bought a new battery and it wont fire. the starter is clicking and it starts to turn over but nothing else. the Stupid MF@#$% also made the left turning signal go out. this leads me to think he there is a short. how can I find out if the the wire in the left turning signal is also causing the bike not to fire?

 

[Raywood]

Sorry to hear Paul. If you have issues with your turn signals then your EHC will show a fault lit on it. The is a schematic of the lights in the tech section somewhere showing what each light means.

Make sure your new battery is fully charged also.

 

[pauldeepsea]

Ray, No fault indicator on my EHC. The left light is out I am going to get into the bike tonight to see what I can find. along with some tequila!! more to follow

 

[mobsta]

paul as far as your turn signal,might just be a led,switch the leds side to side see if theres a change,just sayn

 

[pauldeepsea]

mobsta 1 step ahead of ya this time. I switched led's and the led is burnt out. so now I am in a bind. I have eliminated a short due to the right side led working in the left turning signal. the starter is clicking and not turning over. I would like to pull the whole starter and take it to get tested. just holding and thinking of other ideas before I go that far.

 

[mobsta]

youve had your solenoid apart before right?are you sure your battery is good and charged?

 

[pauldeepsea]

check this out. just changed back to my older battery almost there. I swapped the new battery out and put it on the charger. the old battery is turning it but it just sounds like it is popping alot of air or compression. I am also looking at the spark plugs they are dark. yes I had the solenoid apart cleaning the contacts.

 

[bigmastiff04]

Don't know what kind of battery you have ... but, even new, a shitty battery may not be able to turn the bike over. I made the mistake of buying a Wal-Mart battery, once, and from day one (after 8 hrs charging) it still struggled and didn't even last the whole season. Now with the Braille, I have NO problems!! Somethin' to think about.

 

[mobsta]

where is it popping or air from?

 

[pauldeepsea]

check on the battery. I asked for a high performance from battery bills and they gave me a motocross platinum we will see after it sits on the charger. really hate to post all these and have it turn out to be the battery.

 

[mobsta]

how mant cca's on that battery?

 

[pauldeepsea]

mobsta not sure what the cca's are but I got the bike to start with the old battery. I tilted it over on the right side and worked with it. it cranked I am thinking the new battery is going back. eliminated a starter problem I think.

 

[mobsta]

yea bro got to have a good battery,big boar,brallie or hd battery,i went with the hd,it has 430 cca's.the stock one had 270.glad you got it going:2thumbs:

 

[pauldeepsea]

This shit is crazy. letting her run for awhile she has been couped up too long and I am too far into a bottle of tequilia to ride. LOL.. thanks again i am sure I will be back. now time to take this new battery back and start fixing the bike myself.. its running good now. still need to replace the led's.

 

[mobsta]

got to watch out for those chop shops,work on it your self,we can all help each other out right here and can accomplish any job.:2thumbs:

 

[pauldeepsea]

Mobsta, right on, thanks again