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"CHEC" and no "zzzzzz" sound.

Before I explain what's happened, I'm hoping it's something as simple as a fuse, or, even simpler, that I've accidently hit the killswitch! (I can't check the bike right now, it is at my girlfriend's place).

The bike is a K7 Naked (pointy).

Anyway, here's what happened ... I'd been riding my bike fine in the afternoon, rode to my girlfriend's parked it up.

I came out at 11:30pm to go home, put the key in the ignition, turned it and three things happened (or didn't happen):

1) I didn't get that "zzzzzzz ... pip!" sound that you normally get before you can press the ignition.
2) It showed a message saying "CHEC" (the Haynes manual is wonderfully vague about that message!).
3) When I held the clutch in and pressed the ignition, all that happened was the headlight went dim.

Note that I checked and double checked and triple checked that the bike was in neutral. I rolled it backwards and forwards to check.

At the time it was dark and I was tired, so I though, "sod it!", and asked my girlfriend to run me home.

In the light of day, however, I have my sensible hat on and I'm thinking that because it has never failed to start before and because I was riding it around just fine only earlier that day, then there can't be anything seriously wrong with it!

I didn't check the killswitch (it was dark, I was tired!).

If it isn't the killswitch, does it sound like something as simple as a fuse? If so, which one?

As I say, I would be astounded if it was something serious, I have had no problems whatsoever with it since I got it!