Hey y'all! I'm a beginner 'mechanic' (about to start an apprenticeship but I've been messing around with small engines for years)
I've been reading posts as a guest for about a year and finally decided to make a post and see if anyone knows what my problem is
Here's a rundown of what I did since I got my 2007 GS500F in April of 2020:
wrecked on a corner going about 30mph (gravel is not a friend)
when started, the bike would run for a minute or two on a lower idle than normal (had to adjust it down, normal idle would only run for a few seconds)
when given any throttle at all, it would die right away
I assumed it was running lean so I did a full carb rebuild (mk2, 3 jets) and cleaned well
When started, it showed the same problems so I dropped the engine out of it and did a valve adjustment and checked the internals (everything looked fine inside), put in smaller shims
successfully got the engine back in
I kept a good handle on where all the electrical components went before I removed the engine so I'm confident I reset the wiring correctly
Here's where I'm stuck...
The bike has power; headlights, neutral light, brake light, and turn signals all work fine but there's no click from the starter relay when the key is turned and when I try to start it the starter motor doesn't make the *click click click* that it used to when starting. The battery is grounded well. When I take the spark plugs out and ground them on the frame there is no spark. I've swapped out a new set of plugs AND also a new set of ignition coils, which didn't change anything. I'm guessing the relay is bad, so I did a no-no and laid a screwdriver over both + and - of the relay, essentially bypassing it. There was a spark at the contact points but the bike didn't start.
ALSO, the clutch refuses to engage. I have tried it completely tight, completely loose, and everything in between. the lowest clutch adjuster (underneath the small metal cover on the side, not the adjuster on the top of the engine) is so tight and refuses to move so i accidentally snapped the part where you adjust it with a flathead. The weight of the clutch when pulled feels the same as it did before so that adjuster shouldn't even need to be adjusted, but when the bike is in gear and I pull in the clutch and push the bike forward, instead of the smooth feel of neutral, I can feel that it is still in gear and moving the internals as the bike moves forward.
I'm going to go at it with my multimeter tomorrow and snap some pictures for this post but figured I'd put it out there awhile and see if anyone knows anything about the issue and edit the post as I learn more about the issues.
Thanks in advance!