It is not the battery-I bought a new one. It will not kick-start when this happens. Sometime the solenoid arcs and sometimes not when I place a screwdriver across it-so I do not think it is that. I just get a click click click-like its a dead battery. The guy at the shop where I bought it has had it over a week (and now the paint is scratched BTW!) and he cannot figure it out. So I brought it home (to avoid more paint scratches!).
2007-03-17 06:46:50 · 8 answers · asked by Emily A 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Sounds like a bad ground cable.
Brand new bike?
If this is the place where you bought it, you should make them give you a new one!
2007-03-19 12:04:58 · answer #1 · answered by Firecracker . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is a new bike, I wouldn't mess with it personally. There has to be a warranty on it, and if so, and the dealership that you bought it at can't fix it, find another that will. Regardless of the make, a warranty is from the manufacturer, not the dealership.
I'd also demand that the paint be repaired. Or at the new dealership that you take it to, ask them for an estimate and tell the first place the cost and you want to be reimbursed.
2007-03-19 12:45:44 · answer #2 · answered by auditor4u2007 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off, make the shop pay for a paint job. It happened while they were responsible for you bike, so they should make amends.
Then take the bike somewhere else where they know what they are doing and aren't so careless as to scratch a bike.
Sounds like a shop to stay away from....boneheads.
2007-03-17 13:59:35 · answer #3 · answered by Wyoming Rider 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
check your ground wire on the frame
under the gas tank on the front of the frame
you should find a wire with a wire clip on a screw in the frame ,if its or lose then that is the trouble
i had a kal.that had the same trouble ,mine would run sometimes then die and sometimes it would not start and just smell like wires burning
2007-03-17 14:03:12 · answer #4 · answered by alleykhad607 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My first new bike was a suzuki 450 way back in 1980.
I took it in for the first service,, they dumped it and damaged the tank with a few small dents.
They ordered a new tank for me and put it on.
2007-03-17 22:31:45 · answer #5 · answered by Scotty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they have a lemon law in your state I would fall back on that.
I would be relentless until I got satisfaction.Don't work on it yourself it will void your warranty.
2007-03-17 23:31:43 · answer #6 · answered by bill b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take the starter off, and connect it right to a fully charged battery, and see what it does. If it does spin, it has to produce enough torque, to want ti wrench it's self out of your hands. If not, it may no longer have enough strength to crank the engine.
2007-03-17 14:00:58 · answer #7 · answered by duster 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
what kind of bike would be helpful
2007-03-17 15:09:05 · answer #8 · answered by mr2mike89 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋