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hey
was about to leave for my IAM first observed ride and bike wouldn't start. the alarm deactivated, turned on ignition and pressed the starter button - a brief starting noise and a doink (that is the technical term) and nothing. kept trying to start it and nothing except a clicking from under the seat happened. it hasn't been starting as smoothly as it used to for the past week but now there is nothing. battery is ok but its like something is stuck - its only done 2200 miles. any clue? am i missing something really obvious? or has something become loose? any help greatly appreciated. otherwise its time to make a call to my breakdown peeps and use the home start option. |
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have you tested the battery
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+ 1 thats where I'd start, you're bike is showing classic symtoms of a flat battery, or a battery with not enough juice in it to turn the bike over.
If you search for a post by "Sid Squid" it'll tell you how to check the battery with a multimeter and determine if the reg / rec has gone which may be the cause of the flattened battery in the first place.
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fook. green flag for the win then as i don't have a charger or nowt.
cheers hovis. gutted i missed saturday - sounds like you guys had a good one but seems i would not have been able to make it anyway! |
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will have a look for that link now and find someone with necesary multimeter.
cheers guys |
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i have a optimate you can borrow
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cheers mate. will save me using one of my 3 claims on breakdown for the year.
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what bike is it......... 2200 miles is not much if its 2008 i doubt its the batt.
could you meet me somewhere? or dont you have any transport? |
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its a 2005 K4. prev owner had only done 800 miles on it. i picked it up in june.
and no i don't have any other transport and won't want to poss delay your trip mate so will hit green flag. thanks though. |
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