Sorry to post yet another 'bike won't start' thread, but I've searched and tried a lot of the things posted and can't solve this. Hopefully it will just help someone in the future.
I have a 2009 R6 with about 3k miles.
I was installing a switch for a power wire for lights and wanted to run the wire under the tank area to the battery. So I unbolted the tank except the rear bolt so the tank could just lift up, hinged on the rear. I lifted the tank, ran the wire through, buttoned the bike back up. It was really simple.
Then the problem came when trying to start the bike back up. Turning the key and flipping the cut off switch, I could hear the fuel pump run and prime. I'd hit the starter and it would churn, but the bike wouldn't fire up. After quite a few more tries, there would be a few time it sounded like it would almost start up, but still wouldn't come alive. There's at least 1/2 tank of gas in there.
So I tried just turning the key to prime the fuel system a couple times before starting her up. That didn't really help much either. By now, the battery was weak and ran out of juice to even try starting anymore.
I plugged in the trickle charger and brought the battery back up to full charge. Now I decided to run a jumper from my car battery just to make sure it had juice. Still the same results.
Randomly, sometimes after doing the thing where I turn the key on and off a couple times to prime the fuel a couple times and then starting, the bike will fire up and run really rough for about 5 to 10 seconds and then die.
Also, the few times I can get her to actually start up, if she doesn't die right away, I've tried giving her some throttle to get the revs up, but as soon as I barely even turn the throttle, she dies immediately.
I've checked fuses, I've checked carefully as I set the tank back down that I'm not binding any lines, I didn't disconnect anything under there, but I checked everything and it all seems to be secured.
I can not figure this out and it's driving me crazy! If anyone has any ideas, I would greatly appreciate it!
I have a 2009 R6 with about 3k miles.
I was installing a switch for a power wire for lights and wanted to run the wire under the tank area to the battery. So I unbolted the tank except the rear bolt so the tank could just lift up, hinged on the rear. I lifted the tank, ran the wire through, buttoned the bike back up. It was really simple.
Then the problem came when trying to start the bike back up. Turning the key and flipping the cut off switch, I could hear the fuel pump run and prime. I'd hit the starter and it would churn, but the bike wouldn't fire up. After quite a few more tries, there would be a few time it sounded like it would almost start up, but still wouldn't come alive. There's at least 1/2 tank of gas in there.
So I tried just turning the key to prime the fuel system a couple times before starting her up. That didn't really help much either. By now, the battery was weak and ran out of juice to even try starting anymore.
I plugged in the trickle charger and brought the battery back up to full charge. Now I decided to run a jumper from my car battery just to make sure it had juice. Still the same results.
Randomly, sometimes after doing the thing where I turn the key on and off a couple times to prime the fuel a couple times and then starting, the bike will fire up and run really rough for about 5 to 10 seconds and then die.
Also, the few times I can get her to actually start up, if she doesn't die right away, I've tried giving her some throttle to get the revs up, but as soon as I barely even turn the throttle, she dies immediately.
I've checked fuses, I've checked carefully as I set the tank back down that I'm not binding any lines, I didn't disconnect anything under there, but I checked everything and it all seems to be secured.
I can not figure this out and it's driving me crazy! If anyone has any ideas, I would greatly appreciate it!