cbr250rr Mc22 won't start, battery + fuses OK?

[bungbung]

1) Charge the battery fully. Check its also holding its charge, about 12.7v should do the trick.
2) Clean your battery terminals. Clean off all oxides with sandpaper or a file until bare metals remains.
3) Clean the wiring terminals which attach to both the battery and the solenoid in the same way as you cleaned the battery.
3) Check that the large positive wire from the battery to the solenoid is in good order. This is thicker than normal wiring as it is carrying more current to the starter motor. If this is in poor condition or some of the wire is coming away from the connector, replace it, it's shot.
4) Ensure the fuse in the solenoid is in good order. Its a 20a fuse. Never use higher than 20a, always use lower but be aware it'll blow more frequently.
5) Use good clean nuts and bolts and tighten properly.
6) Make sure your negative battery terminal is properly earthed to the frame, clean both connectors if necessary. Believe me, everybody at some point forgets to do this, and you feel such a D!ckhead stratching around for the answer when it was infront of you all the time........

This should get the thing back up and running. If it still doesnt work and you suspect that the solenoids shot, do the following:

Take a booster pack and connect the negative to the frame. Now connect the positive to the the nut attached to the starter cable, this is the nut NOT attached to the positive cable from the battery. You might get a few sparks but you should also hear the starter motor spinning freely. If this is the case, your soleniod may be the culprit,

[The Pastor]

1) Charge the battery fully. Check its also holding its charge, about 12.7v should do the trick.
2) Clean your battery terminals. Clean off all oxides with sandpaper or a file until bare metals remains.
3) Clean the wiring terminals which attach to both the battery and the solenoid in the same way as you cleaned the battery.
3) Check that the large positive wire from the battery to the solenoid is in good order. This is thicker than normal wiring as it is carrying more current to the starter motor. If this is in poor condition or some of the wire is coming away from the connector, replace it, it's shot.
4) Ensure the fuse in the solenoid is in good order. Its a 20a fuse. Never use higher than 20a, always use lower but be aware it'll blow more frequently.
5) Use good clean nuts and bolts and tighten properly.
6) Make sure your negative battery terminal is properly earthed to the frame, clean both connectors if necessary. Believe me, everybody at some point forgets to do this, and you feel such a D!ckhead stratching around for the answer when it was infront of you all the time........

This should get the thing back up and running. If it still doesnt work and you suspect that the solenoids shot, do the following:

Take a booster pack and connect the negative to the frame. Now connect the positive to the the nut attached to the starter cable, this is the nut NOT attached to the positive cable from the battery. You might get a few sparks but you should also hear the starter motor spinning freely. If this is the case, your soleniod may be the culprit,

yeah my battery and terminals / cabels etc are all in good order.

so it could be the soleniod, what is that?

[CookMySock]

ok so i replaced the battery, and its still not starting, great use of $88!

You dick. If you had worked through it in a methodical fashion we could have saved you some cash, or at least spent it on a battery charger instead.

Anyway, did the bike immediately refuse to start on the brand new battery? If so, it's not the battery.

Or did you ride it around until the battery went flat, and then it refused to start ?


Steve

[The Pastor]

you dick. If you had worked through it in a methodical fashion we could have saved you some cash, or at least spent it on a battery charger instead.

Anyway, did the bike immediately refuse to start on the brand new battery? If so, it's not the battery.

Or did you ride it around until the battery went flat, and then it refused to start ?


Steve

i replaced the battery becuase when it read 12.2 volts when sitting, but when i hit the starter it went down to about 5.

It refused to start with new battery, half turned over then nothing.

[unrealone]

Solenoid starter I reckon? Had it happen to an '89 ZXR250.

[k14]

Why don't you try push starting it? That way you can eliminate if its the starter motor/solenoid or something in the engine. Have you checked if there is any petrol in there? Kill switch off?

[Jonno.]

Did you charge your new battery before you used it?

[The Pastor]

Why don't you try push starting it? That way you can eliminate if its the starter motor/solenoid or something in the engine. Have you checked if there is any petrol in there? Kill switch off?

didn't want to push start or jump start, would it push start is the solenoid was kaput?

Did you charge your new battery before you used it?

yes the shop charged it up for me.

[k14]

didn't want to push start or jump start, would it push start is the solenoid was kaput?

Stop being a pussy and push start it. Yes if solenoid/starter motor is blown it will still push start.

[The Pastor]

I tried to bump start but it didnt sound too healthy, will give it ago when i get home from work

[The Pastor]

Bump !

[Indiana_Jones]

Bump !

Start?

-Indy

[The Pastor]

anyone want to add to this?

[bungbung]

I tried to bump start but it didnt sound too healthy, will give it ago when i get home from work

Can you elaborate on "didn't sound to healthy"
Does that mean it started, but ran rough
or, you didn't like the noise it made while bump-starting, so stopped trying

[The Pastor]

Can you elaborate on "didn't sound to healthy"
Does that mean it started, but ran rough
or, you didn't like the noise it made while bump-starting, so stopped trying

yeah it made a bad noise, but i think if the battery is stufffed it wont bump start? so maybe a bump start with a new battery might fix it?