Did some work on my bike and no start now …

[wantsabike]

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So I’ve got a 01 Yamaha 1100, and I changed my oil as well as pulled the left engine case off. As I needed to replace the gasket due to oil leaking and ever since I’ve put it back together the bike won’t turn over nor will it even start now …. I’ve checked fuses and nothing I’m at a loss right now and unsure what to do

Anyone able to help

 

[Relax]

When you turn the key on, does the dash light up, but the starter button does nothing? Check your clutch lever switch is properly connected.

 

[Lightcycle]

Try starting the bike in neutral, check kickstand switch near your left footpeg, check kill switch on your handlebar, make sure you didn't leave the key on while you were working on the bike, thus draining your battery in the process, check your battery anyway.

Also, check your battery...

 

[Glenn/RZ500]

Engine kill switch on?, sidestand safety switch not sticking and switch plugged in(probably by the stand). Clutch lever safety switch functioning?How`s the ignition switch, making contact? wiggle the key a bit to see how it is. Any chance you pinched some wires putting the case together? Battery connections tight?

 

[wantsabike]

All fuses are good I can hear starter relay clicking lights on dash come on yes

I’ve tried pulling the clutch in and also trying in neutral I’ve tried with kickstand up and down and just still nothing

When I has the starter out earlier I crank it and it spun lickidy split

 

[wantsabike]

I’ve also had the charger on the battery all afternoon thinking it was such but nothing still

 

[Lightcycle]

I’ve also had the charger on the battery all afternoon thinking it was such but nothing still

Try jumping from a car battery just to make sure.

If your motorcycle battery is kaput, taking it right off the charger and measuring the voltage will give you the surface charge, and not the correct reading.

 

[wantsabike]

So when I just checked the battery with my volt metre I’m at 12.79 when it off and then with key on and I try to start (hit the start button) it drops to 6-7volts

 

[RC-31]

Then your battery is dead or your starting system is drawing too much load.

 

[wantsabike]

It just odd if battery is dead cu it always started good and now it just nothing tho seems odd

 

[Lightcycle]

So when I just checked the battery with my volt metre I’m at 12.79 when it off and then with key on and I try to start (hit the start button) it drops to 6-7volts

Kaput.

New battery time.

 

[Lightcycle]

It just odd if battery is dead cu it always started good and now it just nothing tho seems odd

They don't last forever.

Some die slowly and give you lots of warning.

Others like to die quickly. Thank the stars it died in your garage and not out on the road somewhere!

 

[Glenn/RZ500]

So when I just checked the battery with my volt metre I’m at 12.79 when it off and then with key on and I try to start (hit the start button) it drops to 6-7volts

Should be enough juice in it to bump start. Get someone to push you at a fast clip, put it in second gear and stand on the pegs and come down on the seat hard while releasing the clutch. How old is the battery, cheap replacements don`t last long. I`d say battery, buy the best you can afford.

 

[wantsabike]

Battery was in the bike when I bought it like month ago tops. It has a yusa battery

 

[Lightcycle]

Battery was in the bike when I bought it like month ago tops. It has a yusa battery

You say your bike is a 2001? Do you personally know how old the battery was?

Just because it was in the bike at the shop when you bought it a month ago doesn't mean the shop put a new battery in.

Yuasa batteries die just like any other batteries. They don't last forever.

 

[wantsabike]

lol. I I haven’t got a clue but I’m just saying that’s it’s a yusa battery and that I have no clue how long it been in the bike for nor can I see a manufacturer date or anything in it really

 

[wantsabike]

Gonna see if I can boost it off the car here, and yes the car will be off lol

 

[wantsabike]

Seems the car won’t even boost the bike, cranks and turns over but not enough to start tho

 

[Lightcycle]

Measure the voltage when you're boosting from the car.

Does it still drop down to 6V?

If so, then your starter system is pulling some serious juice... maybe a short somewhere? Solenoid?

 

[Glenn/RZ500]

Seems the car won’t even boost the bike, cranks and turns over but not enough to start tho

Any chance you have a vacuum lock, take the gas cap off and try it. Did you try the bump start I mentioned in post #13?

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