Oh poo.

[Nick Calne]

Battery charged OK
Turn the ignition, hit the starter
Big bag of nothing but nasty, grindy, whirry noises.

Investigation will continue tomorrow....

[ssevy]

Hopefully, just the shitty Denso starter, and not the sprag.

Fingers crossed for you!

[London_Phil]

Not 'Ol Blue?

[threepot]

 

[Nick Calne]

For your entertainment and in the hope that someone knows what is going on, I have made the following informal, yet informative movie.

http://youtu.be/JYOwZPiv5dc (http://youtu.be/JYOwZPiv5dc)

Sometimes we get starty noises some times we get farty noises. 

[London_Phil]

Electrical?

[Timbox2]

 sounds like dodgy solenoid to me. A bit risky but the old test method was to short the solenoid terminals thereby bypassing it

[Nick Calne]

Thanks Phil, Tim. I shall start with the solenoid and work from there.

[ssevy]

Not the sprag thank goodness!
I think you are on the right track with the solenoid.

[Mustang]

Watch your tach needle..

.evert time the solenoid farts the tach needle jumps
Steamers only do that with the tach needle on a dead or shorted battery

[Nick Calne]

Thanks Mustang, I have put the battery on the proper charger. I'll see what happens later on.

[threepot]

Any joy?

[Nick Calne]

Took the battery out charged it on the big charger and suddenly there is a working bike again. I will be testing it this week and if it works consistently I might run it up to Machynlleth.