September 30, 2016

Vfr 800 vtec not starting. Ideas? (With video)

Vfr 800 vtec not starting. Ideas? (With video)

Bad earth? Reg rec? The buzzing sound is coming from the low beam relay.

I had this issue previously and it sorted itself when I took all the relays and block connectors apart and cleaned them. At that time I noticed that the connector from the stator to the reg/rec had melted (common fault on these apparently). So I replaced that block connector. No issues since then!

Last week I started the bike and left it running to keep the battery charged up as I haven’t been using it that much. Went back outside after a while and she was dead, plenty of fuel left. Key still in the “on” position. I couldn’t get anything out of it so assumed the battery ran down? Charger won’t charge the battery, says it’s full. The battery was replaced the last time I had this issue, only a few months ago.

I have noticed another supposedly common issue with these, corrosion of an earth wire under the left side fairing. I’m awaiting to reroute that earth.

Any other ideas?


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