Well.. basically what i do is first - make sure the battery is not leaking.. battery acid = painful on skin.... if you DO get some on skin.. its an acid.. neutralize it with a base.. or get to the hospital and let them do it.. water just makes it worse. Now that that's out of the way, remove the battery cables (simple, its usually just a nut, take the battery out, check for leaks. If there none, hold it up to a light, if youre outside the sun works too, and you should see on the side where it says "low, and high" you want the level of the battery acid to fall within these marks on each of the different chambers (theres 6 on the ATV battery i did this too this weekend, if i recall right my motorcyckle battery had the same) but you can clearly see the dividers on the inside of the battery. If any are low, you can go to a local auto parts store, see if they have battery acid... (i cant remember but i think its sulfuric.. but just ask for battery acid) and they'll give you it (you have to buy it so "give" is misleading") and it comes with a tube, and you fill the levels of the battery until they are inbetween high and low. This has been my experience with battery problems.
If it's not the battery.. it could be the solanoid.. i freakign hate solanoids, and you can use a tester to see if it's getting current or not, but i can't explain how on here, its one of those things i learned back in the day, and can do by heart now, but couldnt put it into words.. but if it was runnign eysterday and not today.. definitely could be the solanoid... happened on my boat once. Was out on the boat for likr 4 hours, stopped let some peopel off at the beach to use the rest rooms, they came back.. nothing.. would click, no engine movement.. turnd out to be the solanoid... don't know how expensive that would be on a motorcycle either.
Well - theres my 2 cents, hope it helped.
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