bike died. help needed.

jamieclayton9 · Post by **jamieclayton9** » Nov 6th, '05, 10:24

i was riding my 1999 svs home last night and it just cut out. the lights stayed on and all the normal electrics seemed to work. but when i pressed the starter nothing happened at all. i didnt knock the kill switch. there is'nt even a noise comeing from the starter at all. any idea what it could be. help would be much apreciated. many thanks. jamie

Maver-Nick · Post by **Maver-Nick** » Nov 6th, '05, 10:29

I spent 2 days charging batteries, jump and bump starting my bike.
The start/stop switch was on stop

jim · Post by **jim** » Nov 6th, '05, 10:46

good job u didnt sell/exchange it

Funky · Post by **Funky** » Nov 6th, '05, 11:09

Could it be the ignition coil?

mental · Post by **mental** » Nov 6th, '05, 12:36

was it p*ssing down ?

sprocket · Post by **sprocket** » Nov 6th, '05, 13:02

Yeah water logging was a big problem with a lot of the old SVs. Shame SV650.org is down otherwise you woulda been able to find a lot more information on it. Try svrider.com and have a look on the forums there a lot of the guys from sv650 frequent there too.

baskie · Post by **baskie** » Nov 6th, '05, 13:46

petrol? im sure u aint dat stupid. but worth checking

boyscout · Post by **boyscout** » Nov 6th, '05, 14:40

Sounds like a blown fuse.

jim · Post by **jim** » Nov 6th, '05, 14:54

baskie wrote:petrol? im sure u aint dat stupid. but worth checking

didnt know no petrol stops the starter from turning

tdmwicky · Post by **tdmwicky** » Nov 6th, '05, 15:15

boyscout wrote:Sounds like a blown fuse.

here here.

hilljd00 · Post by **hilljd00** » Nov 7th, '05, 00:05

does the neutral light work? If theirs no neutral light its your main fuse, most likely a 15a.

even if the starter died it wud not of cut your bike out.. Check your plug, and HT lead as well..

If your unlucky could be your coil.

Tom L · Post by **Tom L** » Nov 7th, '05, 00:18

it woudln't explain why it cut out but have a look at the electrics behind your starter switch. They went on my last bike, bit of rewiring and it worked fine agian.

hilljd00 · Post by **hilljd00** » Nov 7th, '05, 00:21

Can you describe the what happened? because if the plugs really really sh*t high it will cut out.

Bunny · Post by **Bunny** » Nov 7th, '05, 03:44

Check the fuses
Bypass any cutouts - sidestand switch / kill switch
Sounds like one of those is cutting your electrics.
Plugs / coil / petrol will not stop the starter from working

jamieclayton9 · Post by **jamieclayton9** » Nov 7th, '05, 09:36

cheers for all your help chaps. it ended up being the ignition coil fuse. cheers for the help. i am usally a regular user of sv650.org just thought it wouldnt load on my computer for some reason so thanks for that bit of information aswell. cheers. jamie