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you have to remember your bike is 16yrs old Jamie, almost as old as YMV....
so it's never going to be super reliable, and it's not as if you pootle about on it...
have a good look at the charging system, starting with the r/r, at least you now know your starter motor is ok....

My money is on the battery. What you don't want is a dodgy battery taking out a good R/R as the R/R tries to charge a damaged battery and ends up shunting more, even to the point of overheating and therefore damaging the R/R

First step is to charge the battery fully. Then check the output from the R/R and make sure the charging system is all well. Monitor the battery to make sure that it's receiving a charge.

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tbh the battery seemed ok, the lights on the dash were very bright, I reckon either r/r or the thingy inside the engine case on the flywheel side, can't remember what it's called....
the old starter motor was staying hot for a long time after the engine had been stopped, so maybe there's an issue with the power cable from the starter motor?

the old starter motor was staying hot for a long time after the engine had been stopped, so maybe there's an issue with the power cable from the starter motor?

Good shout, I'm impressed with you methods of diagnosis See I do give you credit where its due

I put a multimeter on the battery when it wouldn't start yesterday and it was low IIRC 12.3 or 4. Stator is what you where thinking of, flywheel side

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Thanks for your thoughts, been thinking about what it could be today. I was convinced it was the starter motor as Marty says, the lights etc were very bright and the starter motor was hotter than the engine!

Last week my bike wouldn't start, as the battery was dead (or so i thought) so i changed the battery, changed the RR and left it on the optimate all week.

I haven't got any testing equipment, except a broken multimeter.

I'm hoping I've got a crappy earth or something.

Kinda run out of money too

But next year, i think I'll order a motobatt battery, Mosfet RR and a multimeter.

Jamie

You can get a multimeter for a fiver these days. Most likely not the best but it will do the job.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-LCD-M ... 53f1c8bba5

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cybercarl wrote:You can get a multimeter for a fiver these days. Most likely not the best but it will do the job.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-LCD-M ... 53f1c8bba5

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bloody hell carl, are you made of money, this ones cheaper..............
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-LCD-M ... 9861&rt=nc
or this one.....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DIGITAL-LCD-M ... 6285&rt=nc

Started to fit the fuel lines and fuel pump for the 19l tank , just need to pop the air box back on and fit the tank and test ride it , hope this time I get more than 2 miles when the red light comes on :shock:

cybercarl wrote:You can get a multimeter for a fiver these days. Most likely not the best but it will do the job.

agentpineapple wrote:bloody hell carl, are you made of money, this ones cheaper..............

Thanks guys

Need to do some reading on the electrickery side of things now.

Jamie

lloydie wrote:Started to fit the fuel lines and fuel pump for the 19l tank , just need to pop the air box back on and fit the tank and test ride it , hope this time I get more than 2 miles when the red light comes on :shock:

might be worth spending some time at the gym first lloydie, build up your muscles, just in case you need to push it again.......

I'm on it already !
No pain today in my legs from the track day so the squats are working :-)
I'll also be taking two cans of fuel with me this time

lloydie wrote:Started to fit the fuel lines and fuel pump for the 19l tank , just need to pop the air box back on and fit the tank and test ride it , hope this time I get more than 2 miles when the red light comes on :shock:

What's the reason for the fuel pump Lloydie? Are you expecting fuel starvation?

Not yet but it's a mod I'm testing for piggy as these do suffer with fuel starvation on long fast right hand bends on the track and that's why Roger had them on the mori race bikes .

Pluss when I fitted one to the blade it did have a positive affect on fuelling and gave a smoother but stronger throttle response .
But it's more for the big right handers that I'm doing it and with the larger tank it's easier (I hope) to get fuelling right without the other parts from a later bike .
All being well on the test ride I'll be able to run the tank dry this time :-)

lloydie wrote:Not yet but it's a mod I'm testing for piggy as these do suffer with fuel starvation on long fast right hand bends on the track and that's why Roger had them on the mori race bikes .

Pluss when I fitted one to the blade it did have a positive affect on fuelling and gave a smoother but stronger throttle response .
But it's more for the big right handers that I'm doing it and with the larger tank it's easier (I hope) to get fuelling right without the other parts from a later bike .
All being well on the test ride I'll be able to run the tank dry this time :-)

Ah right, every day's a school day Do you think I'll get starvation with the Vara tap?

CHARGED IT UP AND REVED IT UP THEN PUT BACK IN GARAGE THINK HAVE CHIPPED MY WRIST