wheezy
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| posted on 25/11/05 at 09:13 PM |
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ZX12R starter relay
I connected up the loom today for the first time and thought I would try to motor the engine over on the starter. I pressed the button and all I got
was a loud rapid clicking from the starter relay. It sounds like the relay is opening and closing really fast.
The relay clicks on and off as normal when you press and release the button with the starter motor disconnected.
Any ideas what the problem could be?
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 25/11/05 at 09:19 PM |
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battery ?
bad earth ?
[Edited on 25/11/05 by Jon Ison]
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JoelP
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| posted on 25/11/05 at 09:34 PM |
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almost certainly battery IMHO, the batt has enough power to throw the soleniod, then the voltage drop from the starter causes it to fall open again.
Try it on jump leads 
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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wheezy
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| posted on 25/11/05 at 09:44 PM |
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Thanks guys. I will check out the battery tommorow as I dont realy want to go back out to the fridge I call a garage tonight. I was thinking that it
may have been a siezed starter motor as the engine has not run for over a year now. But your sugestions about the battery would make sense as it has
been sat around for a while as well.
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JoelP
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| posted on 25/11/05 at 09:48 PM |
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dead starter would just be the one click i guess, unless it had a major shortcircuit in it. But a starter is a bit like a short anyway as the
resistance is so low.
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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G.Man
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| posted on 25/11/05 at 09:51 PM |
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Lots off clicking is dead battery
usually
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Everyone has one, nobody wants to hear it and only other peoples stink!
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wheezy
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| posted on 25/11/05 at 09:56 PM |
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Well I braved the elements and checked the battery. 9.7 volts so it is now on charge. I will give it another go tommorow and let you know how I get
on.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 25/11/05 at 10:51 PM |
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Don't expect the battery to recover from that voltage depreciation. Never overload charging or danger of explosion. Typically a motorbike
battery is not to be treated like a car battery, it should be kept in tip-top shape (100%) using a trickle charger 300MaH. BE VERY CAREFUL!!!!
Charging it too quickly will only knacker the plates and affect it's long term storage efficiancy. Get a new one... don't mess trying to
recoup the old one IMO.
Useful motorcycle battery link HERE
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Peteff
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| posted on 25/11/05 at 11:55 PM |
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They can be recovered with a deep cycle charger like an optimate but it's cheaper to buy a new battery. It would be a good investment as well as
a new battery though, to keep it in good nick.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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wheezy
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| posted on 26/11/05 at 06:07 PM |
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Thanks for the help. The battery has been fully charged and the engine now turns over on the starter. All I have to do now is fit a fuel tank and
exhaust and hope she starts. I will take the battery into work and let the battery shop boys run it through a deep cycle charge just to make sure its
OK.
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 26/11/05 at 07:11 PM |
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One of these has been a good investment for me over the last year, prior to having one of these I was buying a new battery every year as they seemed
to die every winter when not used.
Oximiser
£20 and does pretty much everything a £40 Optimate does, hard wire it in so you just plug in a little 2 pin plug and leave it connected 24/7.
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thurso
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| posted on 7/2/06 at 02:15 PM |
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zx12r wiring
Hi, does anyone have infomation, diagrams, drawings regarding the changes needed to the wiring loom, to sort out the different sensors that are no
longer need...any help would be much appreciated
thanks
Len
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G.Man
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| posted on 8/2/06 at 12:03 PM |
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As far as I am aware all the sensors are required....
I had an auto electrician wire mine up, a bargain at £250, to take away the heartache...
Make sure whatever fuel pump you use, you wire it to the existing bike fuel pump relay, not the new car loom, as otherwise you will never get the
fueling right....
Opinions are like backsides..
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wheezy
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| posted on 9/2/06 at 11:55 AM |
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Len
You will require all the sensors to make the engine run. You will also have to bypass all the interlocks. I found the wiring diagrams from the
maintenance manual a great help(copy available on ebay)
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