Bike cranks but won't start - Motorcycle-Journal Forums

AZRyder · 09-11-2008, 04:58 PM

Well, went out to go to lunch this afternoon, got on the bike, turned the key, everything seemed normal till I went to start it. At some points it would sound like it's trying, albeit kinda weakly, to turn over, others, it just sounds like the starter is spinning. Meanwhile, the instrument panel keeps resetting itself.

Tried the old put in second gear and roll backwards a little bit to see if it was the decomp cable or valve, nada, same thing. It sorta cranked and gave a little backfire but now the batteries run down and it wont do anything but reset the instrument panel when I go to try and crank it.

Not sure if it's the battery or not, going to take the battery down to the shop on the way home (buddies giving me a ride) and have them test it. It may need to be charged to be able to test it. The battery is about 2 years 3 months old so I'm thinking it may just be old and weak.

If not, any ideas? I can hear the fuel pump prime and all the lights come on.

Only other thing I can think of is something is loose as I went down a couple of dirt roads over the weekend with my wife on the back and hit some severe washboards that really hammered the heck out of the bike.

Worked fine this morning, started right up after sitting for 2 days, stopped and had a cig out in the parking lot before starting it back up and driving it into the parking garage down the street. Then at lunch, nada, kaput...

Probably end up ordering a odyssey from gman as it's going to take the shops about a week to get one in anyway. I can't believe that no suzuki shop carries the batteries in stock. That's like Autozone or Checker not carrying batteries.