Fazer 1000 won't start.

[Fuzzygoth]

Having been a student my Fazer's been off the road for a while and I am having trouble starting
it again. The MOT and Road Tax has expired and the bolts in the batter are slightly chewed making
it difficult to extract the battery for charging. No problem thinks I, Jump it from the bulldog and ride
it around until it charges up, all nice in theory. The bike has heated grips, an inforad and SatNav
mount as well as an alarm and autocom.

The bike jumps fine and starts idling fine, however all the electrics keep flashing on and off and it keep
backfiring and when I let the clutch out it bucks a lot as it manages to get some acceleration on and
then it loses it again. It was running fine before hand but it has been sitting for a few months. Any
thoughts? I kind of need it on the road as it actually has tyres which my Bulldog doesn't. Alas I've not
been able to get it to the MOT station today so no MOT and No Road Tax.

[MEM62]

I think the first thing you need to look at is a new battery.  Many of these symptoms are typical of a nackered battery.   

[Chris]

Yep, sounds like the battery has had better days, better try a new one and replace the bolts that hold it in. Not hard to find new ones for a few pence on ebay or something.

Chris

[Lez72]

+ 3 on the battery. Its toast. I'm fairly certain a new one will solve your problems 

[Fuzzygoth]

lol, yes it was the battery. It had been sitting for few months after a good charge it seems to be working
better (the battery is fairly new). It was just alarming the sounds the damn thing was making :o

cheers Guys
Fuzzy