Having electrical issues

[Jelziie]

Recently the chain popped off of the rear sprocket and broke the clutch push rod. I have replaced the push rod and decided to exchange the clutch pads and springs also. The bike was sitting for about a month before I tried to start it again. I tried to start it after finally installing the new parts and it turned over until the battery lost its power. The next morning after letting charged with an automatic charger overnight I woke up late for work and was in a rush to get the bike working. This resulted in me leaving the ignition on for seven hours. I checked the fuel tank while it charged again and sure enough there was a fuel leak due to there not being clamps on the fuel lines, which would explain why it turned over at first but didn't start. Now, today after charging the battery once more, it won't even turn over. A sound came from the starter relay at first but now it doesn't make the sound anymore
I'm leaving to replace the battery now, but I want to seek guidance from the GS board and seek the wisdom that I need.

https://youtu.be/2pVQnAEnNVM

[Kiwingenuity]

what type of battery do you have? and how well has it been maintained?  Other question is what sort of air temperature were you dealing with?

Likely if the stock battery type it may have suffered some sort of internal failure if you were cranking a while and when you hit the starter the voltage is dropping too low for the starter / solenoid to pull in an hold. Cold weather will make it worse..

Are you able to pop the seat and measure the voltage when you try starting it? if you spring for a new battery it would be worth checking the regulator etc. is still happy once you get it running.

[Jelziie]

I picked up a Xtreme High Performance XT10l-a2 Battery, and I got it 6 weeks ago when I first purchased the bike. It was fine, but it was left on while I was at work for about 7-8 hours. I would leave it on a charge overnight during days when it was too cold to be riding. I usually deal with temperatures of 30-50 degrees. During the time it stopped working it was about 40 degrees outside. I don't have a voltmeter on hand, so I brought the battery to the store I bought it from and they said that the voltage was low, I filled the low cores with distilled water and charged it again and tried to start the bike. It didn't work so I brought it back to the store so that they could load test it.

[Kiwingenuity]

See how the load test goes - possibly the starter solenoid has failed, but I have had a "new" battery fail out of the box which they swapped and it was all good after that.

Those temperatures shouldn't be any issue - Have noted with AGM battery chemistry that I can leave the bike a month and come back and hit the starter and no issues.

[Armandorf]

http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=12788.0

If you charge out of the bike the battery you can disconnect de R/R regulator- rectifier--its the heatsink with 2 connectors, one has two pins that charge the battery(black and red) and 3 wires from stator(yellow)
This could be the cause of death of the battery also.

To bypass the starter switches and check if the problem is ignition related you can hotwire the starter. just make contact the two big wires from the starter relay.
Also, check ground connection from the negative terminal to the frame.


You will need a multimeter, you can make it start without one, but its neccesary to check everything and be really sure how its working each part. The simplest one will be enough. You will only measure voltage and resistance.

[Armandorf]

In other words, if you hear the relay clicking as you hit the starter switch and the starter motor does not move, you dont have enough energy or the starter has a bad connection/died.

You should check the voltage of the battery.  If you are loosing charge, voltage drops disconnected and connected.