A continuation of the problem I had last fall just when I was putting the RT away for the season. This morning I installed a brand new fully charged Yuasa battery, magically thinking the old girl would fire right up....wrong! Tried a few times, fiddled with the side stand, made sure I was in N and the clutch pulled in but still nothing doing.
I removed all the body work on the left side of the bike to check connections on side stand, the starter, and fuel pump. Everything looked fine although I did find an extra 2 wire connector coming from the colllected wires going to the fuel pump. Judging from the corrosion on the connector, it had not been connected to anything for a while. Here's an image:
Once the body work was off and I had jiggled all the connections I tried to start it again. Well, it started, and not only once but several times in a row. Hmm, the old take it apart and put it together again trick had worked, or at least I thought. Once the body work was back on I tried it again and surprise, surprise, it didn't start. Off with the body work again...and this time the magic didn't work(even after jiggling) and the bike wouldn't start.
When I turn on the ignition there is the red triangle briefly, then the orange triangle, briefly, and when I push the ignition button it's a roll of the dice whether the bike will turn over. I forgot to mention earlier the starter motor doesn't turn over at all on the failed starts. The Service message also comes up cause the 24000 mile service had been done(9000 miles ago) but not by the official BMW folks so the ECU never got the message. And, as i mentioned earlier post on a different thread, the fuel pump was replaced on a recall in 2016 when I got the bike.
Any suggestions???
I removed all the body work on the left side of the bike to check connections on side stand, the starter, and fuel pump. Everything looked fine although I did find an extra 2 wire connector coming from the colllected wires going to the fuel pump. Judging from the corrosion on the connector, it had not been connected to anything for a while. Here's an image:
Once the body work was off and I had jiggled all the connections I tried to start it again. Well, it started, and not only once but several times in a row. Hmm, the old take it apart and put it together again trick had worked, or at least I thought. Once the body work was back on I tried it again and surprise, surprise, it didn't start. Off with the body work again...and this time the magic didn't work(even after jiggling) and the bike wouldn't start.
When I turn on the ignition there is the red triangle briefly, then the orange triangle, briefly, and when I push the ignition button it's a roll of the dice whether the bike will turn over. I forgot to mention earlier the starter motor doesn't turn over at all on the failed starts. The Service message also comes up cause the 24000 mile service had been done(9000 miles ago) but not by the official BMW folks so the ECU never got the message. And, as i mentioned earlier post on a different thread, the fuel pump was replaced on a recall in 2016 when I got the bike.
Any suggestions???