Bike won't start - suggestions?
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Last month I rode my bike (A 2008 street triple) 2800 miles around Europe, and I got back around a month ago, since then I haven't used the bike, I haven't even moved it.
Today I went to go for a ride and the bike wouldn't start. Dash comes on fine, no warning lights, and the fuel pump makes the regular priming noise.
When trying to start it turns over furiously but no ignition.
There is plenty of fuel in the tank, and I can smell it very slightly when turning it over. I'm thinking something to do with the spark, or the fuel delivery? But I'm not sure where I should start looking?
Here is a video of me trying to start it and the noise that makes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nbbGhT94dA
Today I went to go for a ride and the bike wouldn't start. Dash comes on fine, no warning lights, and the fuel pump makes the regular priming noise.
When trying to start it turns over furiously but no ignition.
There is plenty of fuel in the tank, and I can smell it very slightly when turning it over. I'm thinking something to do with the spark, or the fuel delivery? But I'm not sure where I should start looking?
Here is a video of me trying to start it and the noise that makes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nbbGhT94dA
Crossflow Kid said:
Sounds obvious but.....battery?
My Tiger 1050 sounded exactly the same when the battery started to fail.
Had the guts to power all the low load stuff like lights and fuel pump, but simply not enough to go bang.
Interesting, could be, I suppose I didn't think the starter would turn like that if it was the battery. I will try give it a bump start in the morning.My Tiger 1050 sounded exactly the same when the battery started to fail.
Had the guts to power all the low load stuff like lights and fuel pump, but simply not enough to go bang.
Hey All,
Kill switch on my bike doesn't let me do anything, i.e. starter button doesn't work.
I think you're right about the battery, and probably the flooding now. I tried to bump start with the OH yesterday but I think by the time i'd done that the engine was flooded so I didn't get it started.
I've ordered a battery charger (something I should probably have anyway if I'm going to not use the bike for ages at a time). I'll charge it and unflood the engine.
Hopefully it's just flat and not a regulator rectifier problem which street triples seem to break often.
Kill switch on my bike doesn't let me do anything, i.e. starter button doesn't work.
I think you're right about the battery, and probably the flooding now. I tried to bump start with the OH yesterday but I think by the time i'd done that the engine was flooded so I didn't get it started.
I've ordered a battery charger (something I should probably have anyway if I'm going to not use the bike for ages at a time). I'll charge it and unflood the engine.
Hopefully it's just flat and not a regulator rectifier problem which street triples seem to break often.
For completeness.
I charged the battery this week, not sure how flat it was, left it going overnight and by the morning it was charged.
Put it back in yesterday and fired it up and it made exactly the same noise, but I knew it was charged this time so tried quite a few more times and for longer each time, with varying degrees of open throttle. After about the 4-5th try it got slightly further, the rev counter even moved slightly. There was also an even stronger smell of fuel than usual. A few more times and it started very very badly and died after a few seconds, then the usual nothing the next few times. I was just about to give up when I tried one more time and it furiously burst in to life and idled normally like nothing happened.
My assumption is that I flooded it when I first tried the other day and had little->no spark. This time I just had to unflood it. Strange though, but it seems fine now.
I charged the battery this week, not sure how flat it was, left it going overnight and by the morning it was charged.
Put it back in yesterday and fired it up and it made exactly the same noise, but I knew it was charged this time so tried quite a few more times and for longer each time, with varying degrees of open throttle. After about the 4-5th try it got slightly further, the rev counter even moved slightly. There was also an even stronger smell of fuel than usual. A few more times and it started very very badly and died after a few seconds, then the usual nothing the next few times. I was just about to give up when I tried one more time and it furiously burst in to life and idled normally like nothing happened.
My assumption is that I flooded it when I first tried the other day and had little->no spark. This time I just had to unflood it. Strange though, but it seems fine now.
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