Reply To: Bike won’t start – GV 250 EFI 2015
Nabbed myself a multimeter and a few connectors incase anything was corroded. I was using the Ω setting to check the plugs for continuity (or something, I don’t the proper lingo.) The battery reads around 12.5 volts, I’m not sure if it’s supposed to read 12.8 volts since it’s not fully charged. I started with the red bullet connector on the lead wire and it’s working. Next I tested the solenoid which read the same voltage as the battery. I don’t think I tested the starter motor properly. I put one probe on the (+) of the solenoid and the other (-) on the starter motor. I’ll be honest, I have no idea what it was suppose to read. (I did get voltage from it) After that, I took off the right air intake fairing and found where the right assembly connects to the harness and checked each connection. Am I using this multimeter right? At this point, I have it set to the continuity beeper. Should I be touching the male and female connections with the probes at the same time or should I be checking a single cable at a time with both probes? Also when I was checking the connections on the voltage rectifier, there was a spark and it blew my 30A fuse. 🙁 I had a replacement one and the bike turned on fine. Finally, I jumped the solenoid and did a lap around 250ft. The bike was clunky and the fuel pump was priming the entire time. (Which is new D:) When I went to park it, I pulled the clutch in and the engine died, probably because of the fuel pump. I feel like I’m making it worse but I don’t know if I can get it to the local shop. Any ideas?