Dead battery near downtown, Need help bump starting/ jump starting the bike.

Bump start it.

Put it in 2nd gear, get someone to push with the clutch pulled in and dump the clutch. Rear wheel is connected to motor and essentially turns over the engine instead of the starter motor doing it.

or non-running car boost.
 
Damn bro, wish I could help.... Good luck man, hopefully someone assists you.

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Try meme's advice!


Also don't feather the clutch, once you pull it in completely get the bike moving then just let it out. Also if that doesn't work, usually on a ninja your suppose to hit the starter switch from what I've been told. Remember, if you get it moving, this will only keep you good for about 30 minutes or so. So after 30 minutes it would be a good idea to stop. Hope everything goes well!
 
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Thanks guys, it was running fine till I got to around University/ Dundas. A guy on bicycle stopped by and helped- told me must be the battery( headlights, signals, fuses were all good). I just pushed it to a near by P-parking, had to go to class.
Will try that around 3, otherwise I will take the battery home- tickle charge it overnight.
 
The bike magically started up, after a popping noise. I think it might of been due to the heat, after letting to cool down all morning- started on first try at 2pm.

Xhumeka said:
I'm free until 4pm or so - if you still need help let me know, I'm at King/Bay.
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Thanks for the offer mate.

meme said:
hehehe - lemme know how fun that is.
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Haha missed a 'r', thought I'd get away with it.

@Tricky - Thanks for coming out, really appreciate it.
 
I'd look further into this. It'll happen again.
 
mmmnaked said:
I'd look further into this. It'll happen again.
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Yeah..stuff doesn't magically fix itself unfortunately. You may have a loose battery connection or some other loose electrical connection.
 
+1 for checking for the cause.

It's not a bad time to practice bump starting either so if it happens again you can get it going yourself. You really don't need two people, put the bike in second, pull in the clutch, run beside the bike and jump on (sidesaddle is easiest, though however you do it keep your weight reasonably far back on the bike to help the rear wheel grip) then let the clutch out quickly. Be ready to pull the clutch back in when it fires. After it's running, throw your leg over and you're off. Good luck.
 
If your bike is already running and it stops it's not the battery. Did you boost it or did it crank on it's own? If you had juice to crank it start by checking your side stand switch.
 
I figured out the problem as I was riding home, on monday- when I blew the fuses I used the fan fuse to temporary turn the signal on. So people could see me slowing down etc... when that fuse blew I had no way of telling if the bike was hot; the coolant started to over flow. At this point I think the coolant level was too low, thus had not enough cooling power. This morning the temp was pretty high, and it shut down at the lights. So guessing after letting it sit for couple hours cooled it down enough for the engine to start up. While riding home, the temp rose pretty fast- came to think the coolant was low. To conclude, I topped up the coolant.
Also need to learn how to bump start.
 
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you need how to fix your bike correctly first

I wonder what damage you done to your engine when you removed part of the cooling system.

maybe this is why your bike isn't selling for $2k+ because it's micky moused?
 
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I have an FZR400 as well and I think you may have another issue rather than being a coolant problem. Check the output on your voltage regulator when the bike is cold and hot. At cold temperatures it will operate fine so once the bike is started it will provide power to run the bike however once it gets hot it doesn't work so well and the voltage output drops and hence the bike dies. I had that problem a few years ago. Hope this helps.

nigel
 
starboy869 said:
you need how to fix your bike correctly first

I wonder what damage you done to your engine when you removed part of the cooling system.

maybe this is why your bike isn't selling for $2k+ because it's micky moused?
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Having no spare fuses, it was a temporary fuse till I got to school. Replaced both fuses by the end of the day, just didn't check my coolant level.

nigel said:
I have an FZR400 as well and I think you may have another issue rather than being a coolant problem. Check the output on your voltage regulator when the bike is cold and hot. At cold temperatures it will operate fine so once the bike is started it will provide power to run the bike however once it gets hot it doesn't work so well and the voltage output drops and hence the bike dies. I had that problem a few years ago. Hope this helps.

nigel
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Thanks, will try that out too. However, I've been riding the bike for awhile now; this problem only arose after the overflow.
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