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ok i have a slight problem. went to start the bike this mornin pressed the contact button an NOTHING!! its not turnin over at all it gave a little bip of a turn afew times an that was that. so... i took the seat off hooked the charger up (even thoe i charged the battery full afew days back an the alarm was workin) an it turned over a couple of times and started. so i thought great turned the bike off went to try an start it again an nothin. the only think i noticed when i hit the contact button one of the boxes under the seat buzzed so they must be workin im thinkin.......
Anyway does any of you gentlemen (or ladies) know what the problem might be?
CHEERS

could be a hole load of things, first thing id do is start the bike then stick a MultiMetter on the batry (on the +/-), rev it alittle and see what the Voltage across the to terminals is

If its anymore than about 16v then your regulator is gone.

So i need to buy a multimeter where do i get one of them from an what should the reading be.

what other things could it be.

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hold up i cant start the bike cos it wont turn over?

superman wrote:So i need to buy a multimeter where do i get one of them from an what should the reading be.

what other things could it be.

edit....

hold up i cant start the bike cos it wont turn over?

Multimeter's can be had from any Maplins store for £10.

Is it going buzz or *click? Buzz suggests something other than a flat battery ..

Do your headlights/horn work ok?

you said if you stuck the charger on it would start? with the multimeter you can also check to see if the bat is holing 12v's or not, always a good place to start before moving onto things like starter solenoids ect

Its a buzz it only started onece then that was it no joy like a starter motor problem. its 100% not a flat battery im tellin ya its doin my nut in thinkin what its gona take to fix

how do you know its not a batry problem? a alarm, lights ect take no were near as much power as the starter

Out of intrest have you tried bump starting the bike?

No i aint bumped it i tried about a month ago when i run the battery low hot start thing i guess but i couldnt get the bike to bump it wouldnt turn wierd but still.....

if the bat were flat it would try to turn you know that sound wom woooom wooooooom no none of that. even hooked up to the charger just one of the boxes under the seat buzz, its so annoyin. i hope it is a flat bat but i highly think not.

if the batry hasent got the power to even get the starter to "Click" then it will make a buzzing sound

Do what i said with the MultiMeter then move on from there

Well ill find out tonight i think when i have a check cos i left it on charge so ill give it a blast before i go the gym i think.

AH looked at it last night an i think its something to do with the button itself as opposed to anything else. basically i looked at it yesterday battery fine so i push the button an it buzzez again then i push the button hard an it starts now its not so bad???????????
Is it usual for the starter buttons to break or become cloged up?

they do get corroded inside so may be worth taking the switchgear off and cleaning it up inside.

yes they do but if your getting a buz then your getting a conection, again a multimeter would prove this by checking that its getting 12v's and that its returning 12v's

Yea i think thats it baz maybe its corroded inside ill give it a clean first then if that dont work ill try the multimeter rene.
thaks anyway all cheers.
ill fill you in how it goes on monday

oh the reason its buzzin is because i think its contacting but not enough hence when i pushed it harder it contacted properly