No power to bike

joeybaila · February 6th, 2015, 02:30 AM

Hey guys. I'm having some troubles with a recent purchase. I bought the bike as a parts bike and decided to put it as a race bike. The previous owner said the motor ran fine and that the motor had 6k miles on it. The right engine cover was removed because he crashed it and it had a small leak. Well, the guy hacked the sheet out of the harness, so I ordered a new one.

I hooked everything up, and made sure the new battery did its 6 hour initial charge, it read 12.71v. well I turn the key and no light on the dash, engine wont crank. Ive done the kickstand delete, so that isn't it. I jumped the starter solenoid, and it cranks over. I have checked all my connections and none are loose or have backed out. I checked both grounds, the one by the thermostat and the one by the right side engine cover, both are good. i know everything is good in the harness and the gauges, because i took the gauges from my other race bike. I even swapped the edu, and then the complete harness (from my running bike) and still no power to the gauges. Ive also tried swapping out the starter switch, solenoid, and rectifier. None of them made any difference. Anybody have something like this happen, thank you in advance guys.

cuong-nutz · February 6th, 2015, 08:50 AM

check your ignition switch/harness. bust out your multimeter. You should be getting power to the white wires that feed from the battery.

Look up the igintion delete/bypass DIY how to to see.

Ghostt · February 6th, 2015, 06:30 PM

Fuses including the main fuse on the starter solenoid? And bust out that multi-meter time.

joeybaila · February 6th, 2015, 07:12 PM

ok figured it out. Turns out I had a few problems. First, I don't know why but the bike would not crank, after disconnecting the gauges, it now cranks. Must be a short or something. I was not getting any fire at the coils. I had purchased one of those cheap $40 keys on ebay, but did not know that they need a resistor. so put the key from my A bike, and now i have fire. woot woot. thank you guys

February 6th, 2015, 02:30 AM	#1
joeybaila ninjette.org newbie Name: joey Location: houston, tx Join Date: Feb 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2010 EX250 Posts: 5	No power to bike Hey guys. I'm having some troubles with a recent purchase. I bought the bike as a parts bike and decided to put it as a race bike. The previous owner said the motor ran fine and that the motor had 6k miles on it. The right engine cover was removed because he crashed it and it had a small leak. Well, the guy hacked the sheet out of the harness, so I ordered a new one. I hooked everything up, and made sure the new battery did its 6 hour initial charge, it read 12.71v. well I turn the key and no light on the dash, engine wont crank. Ive done the kickstand delete, so that isn't it. I jumped the starter solenoid, and it cranks over. I have checked all my connections and none are loose or have backed out. I checked both grounds, the one by the thermostat and the one by the right side engine cover, both are good. i know everything is good in the harness and the gauges, because i took the gauges from my other race bike. I even swapped the edu, and then the complete harness (from my running bike) and still no power to the gauges. Ive also tried swapping out the starter switch, solenoid, and rectifier. None of them made any difference. Anybody have something like this happen, thank you in advance guys.

February 6th, 2015, 08:50 AM	#2
cuong-nutz RIP Alex Name: Cuong Location: Houston, TX Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): '10 250r, '09 265r Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 2	check your ignition switch/harness. bust out your multimeter. You should be getting power to the white wires that feed from the battery. Look up the igintion delete/bypass DIY how to to see. __________________________________________________ HalfFast Racing Team Serving Greater Houston Area Riders:WFO Riders MotoHouston HPC CMRA Ride Smart Fastline Lone Star Track Days

February 6th, 2015, 06:30 PM	#3
Ghostt in your machine Name: Scott Location: Summer Shade, Ky. Join Date: Oct 2014 Motorcycle(s): 98 Ninja 250/F12 aka ZX-2R "SERENITY", 91 Ninja 500/A5 aka ZX-5R "Phoenix", 84 Honda GL1200A "SIREN" Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 25 MOTM - Jun '17, May '16, Mar '15	Fuses including the main fuse on the starter solenoid? And bust out that multi-meter time. __________________________________________________ *violente et ignorantia* ZX-2R BLOG *Twitter and Instagram = Ghostt_Scott* *I'm not here to change your mind, just to inform.*

February 6th, 2015, 07:12 PM	#4
joeybaila ninjette.org newbie Name: joey Location: houston, tx Join Date: Feb 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2010 EX250 Posts: 5	ok figured it out. Turns out I had a few problems. First, I don't know why but the bike would not crank, after disconnecting the gauges, it now cranks. Must be a short or something. I was not getting any fire at the coils. I had purchased one of those cheap $40 keys on ebay, but did not know that they need a resistor. so put the key from my A bike, and now i have fire. woot woot. thank you guys
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