Guest Posted May 26, 2015 Posted May 26, 2015 Hi all,I am new to the biking scene and passes my mod2 last week I bought a K4 GSXR 600 and it was all going fine until earlier today when I stalled the bike and then it wouldn't turn on. The battery is now dead and everytime I go to start it it makes a clicking noise from the rear of the bike. I've only covered roughly 100 miles in it and it's already becoming a nuisance! Could someone please shed some light on this for me? Thanks in advance Quote
Stu Posted May 26, 2015 Posted May 26, 2015 hi and welcome to the forum the clicking is due to the battery going flat its the starter relay clicking in and out it does this due to no enough power in the battery to start the bike was the battery flat when you tried to restart after the stall?? or did you flatten it trying to start it? you need to charge the battery first and you need to use a bike specific charger Quote
Guest Posted May 26, 2015 Posted May 26, 2015 Kill switch.......didn't think of that! If I had accidentally pressed it, would the bike still try turning over?When I stalled it I tried starting it straight away and it was trying to start but just wouldn't. Then eventually the battery went dead! Quote
fq-craigus Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 No bike wont attempt to start if killswitch is flicked. Symptoms as said sounds like battery. Of it was clicking straight away when you tried to restart it then sounds like the bikes not charging, do you have fuel? When turning the ignition on can you hear the fuel pump priming the bike? Quote
Guest Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 Yeah definitely sounds like the battery. Where are you located? Quote
OhJay Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 If it was a Honda I'd say reg/rec It was running so should have been charging the battery so battery should have had some charge when you stalled it and been able to start again. Not being able to start immediately after it had been running says to me battery's not getting charge. Quote
Whitey1984 Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 Charge/Change the battery then you'll be golden Had a similar thing happen to my K1, rode into work fine, think i might have accidentally left the parking lights on all day (i never realised there were parking lights) Came to start and nothing, got a new battery and everything was rosy again! Quote
Guest Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 Thanks for the replies, I've replaced the battercliffe and the bike started up perfectly fine, didn't get a chance to get out on it but had it started for all of 10 seconds! Hopefully weather permitting I'll be out on it tomorrow! Hopefully it was just a dead battery. Quote
klingelton Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 might be worth doing due diligence and checking the battery is charging when the bike is started.without the bike running, a multimeter will show between 12 and 13 v (generally speaking a newer rested battery will show closer to 13v).with the bike running, you should see something like 14v or thereabouts on the multimeter. Anything higher and something is wrong with the charging circuit. anything lower and something is wrong with the charging circuit!! too high and your battery fries. too low and your battery doesn't charge!best of luck! Quote
Guest Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 Thanks for the heads up, I'll check it our tomorrow and see what the readings are!If the readings are off, what could be the cause? Quote
Guest Posted May 28, 2015 Posted May 28, 2015 Probably won't have a chance to check today but will hopefully check it tomorrow! Ta!! Quote
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