cant believe it
 

well took her into be repaired and to have mot, passed flying colours, seems it was the starter motor that was shorting and causing the problem of no electics at all, so picked her up all happy and jolly, costing £175!!! riding home she is reving too high, garage man claims the choke stuck!!!!!!!:( get home, lock her up, just thought i wud check and yep u guess it not a blooody thing, lights come on and indicators but not a thing from pressing the starter button!!!!! dead! has brand new battery in it! which was charged last weekend b4 i took it over there, and again this morning! dont look like i am getting any where!!!!!!:( so am fed up now!!!! now where is that wine????:drink:

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is it a curvy?

sounds like the dreaded regulater/rectifier

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now going to show me ignorence now, not sure if it is curvy, sorry, we did think it was rectifier wen we took it there but he says not, and said it was this damage to the starter motor, which i have, it is a tiny bit broken, a seal, he said was making it short??? not really sure wot to do now????

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what year is the bike?

i thought he had replaced the starter motor, and fitted a new battery

so next i would look at the regulater/rectifier, as its a commen fault

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Sorry - equally ignorant but - before when you turned it on (before it was Fixed) you got no lights, indicators or anything due to a short and now you get lights etc but the starter switch won't turn the engine over? (just checking)

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If it has a choke on it, then it is a curvy.

In which case, with the battery running down overnight it seems, I would be checking the known fault of the wiring loom chaffing through against the frame, under the riders seat. Remove the seat and check for the wiring on the LHS of bike rubbing against the frame or possibly the bolt that holds the riders seat in place. If the wiring looks worn, it is likely the short is here.

Failing that, it may be the rectifier / regulator and Blue_SV650S did an excellent job in this thread of talking a novice mechanic through checking it all.

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Also be worth checking if the battery is flat to eliminate sods law stuff like the clutch switch etc

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F###ing hell no wonder you need a bottle of wine.

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This may sound a bit patronising, but have you checked the kill switch?

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Or my favourite leaving it in gear with the side stand down. :oops: