want to know how dumb I am???

[l3uddha]

I'm doing a lot to my bike this winter, but I've had to cut things short & put the GS back together thw past week bacause I am moving in two days... I put on my woodcraft clipons & messed w/ some other stuff too.

So I get most everything back together this afternoon & try to start her up for the first time in like 3 months.

no lights, no startie... no electrical enything....

I'm wondering WTF, going back over all my steps, rechecking the wiring, checking the battery which had been sitting on a tender the whole time with a green light to go...

can't find ANYTHING...

I've been searching on the sute about what to do & came up with a few ideas of other stuff to check....

Here's the real kicker:

I'm sitting in my Calculus 2 class, which I'm aceing, and still retracing my steps. All the sudden I picture my bike sitting in my garage... with the key still in the tail lock where I've kept it the whole time.

So I was trying to start the bike about 10 times without the key even IN the ignition... I think I get it from my dad...

[pandy]

 

If only all of our problems had such and easy fix, eh? 

[natedawg120]

  i am sure i have done something similar before

[FearedGS500]

ever put your key and try to start it and nothing happen ... so you think the battery is dead so you start to push start it and it still dont want to start ? ....... then relize that the kill switch is in the off postion ? i have  on my  grandfathers kawie 1500 classic ..... i felt like an idot

[Nepix]

^^ Feared

I have done the exact same thing. I even pushed it up a street and still couldnt get it to start, it would almost kick over. Then it hit me Duh, I felt dumb

[pandy]

I've put the key in but not turned it to ON. I sit there like an idiot trying to figure out why my bike won't start....duh.... 

[annguyen1981]

I've actually taken the key OUT of the ignition, and before I even walk away from the bike, I'm already searching for the damn thing...




...still in my hand!

[MarkusN]

Done the kill switch thing several times over.

A BMW F650 and a Honda Dominaor I rode were especially nasty in that aspect: On those models the starter will turn, even though the kill switch is on off. Much harder to realise that you are doing something wrong, blaming the bike all the time.

[Turd Ferguson]

Dude...back away slowly from the bike...



Thats pretty funny...though deffinately something I would do. 

-Turd.

[3imo]

HA HA

[pandy]

...still in my hand!

Aren't you used to this by now?   

[l3uddha]

well..... as you could have figured the bike is fine.

this morning I tried putting the key in the ignition, turning it to "ON" and then starting it again. To my suprise it fired right up! 
Thanks GSTwins for all your help and support. I could have never done it without you 

I cant wait for my old age. My dad has a friggin PhD and cant figure out how to work the damn TV remote 

[pandy]

At least he has only ONE remote to try to figure out.....not 17 like most of us.....    he DOES have just one...doesn't he? 

[Dr. Love]

What's calcoolus? lol 

[aaronstj]

Come on, people, remember your MSF.  FINE-C.

Fuel - Make sure the petcock is on (doesn't really apply to us)
Ignition - Put the key in the ignition and turn it on 
Neutral - Make sure the bike is in neutral
Engine - Turn the engine shutoff to on.
Clutch - Pull the clutch it.

Then you can press the button and go ride.  But not before. 

[Mk1inCali]

When I first read the title I figured it was mak finally owning up.

[MarkusN]

Fuel - Make sure the petcock is on (doesn't really apply to us)

I had my SNAFU with that as well. After wrenching I forgot to turn the under-tank petcock back on...