So, the saga continues, with a twist...!
I didn't have much time today, due to work pressures, but I took the opportunity to check the main fuse and ignition fuse etc, even though I was pretty sure that, had they gone, it wouldn't even run if I bump started it.
Anyway, they were fine, but, when I came to switch on, it was fine with no sign of the Error Code 12!
I used a piece of broomstick and a brick to push the sidestand cut-off switch in and tried the starter. The Check Engine and ABS lights came on and stayed on whilst I was pressing the start button. This is the same thing that would happen when I'd have to flick the side stand up to jolt the bike, after which it would often start, but not this time.
I tried giving the starter motor a couple of taps with a hammer, then pressed the start button again, but got the same thing.
I lifted the starter relay, cleaned up the wiring contacts, then took the rubber covers off the connectors to the battery and starter motor and (having checked there was zero volts going through it so I wouldn't fry my multimeter) tested if there was any continuity through the starter, but there wasn't which is how it should be.
So (somewhat nervously, I have to add!) I took a pair of pliers with insulated handles and touched one side to the starter contact and then (after a couple of spectacular sparks :eek ) I managed to get the other one against the battery terminal and got the wonderful sound of the bike starting!
I'm not quite sure where this leaves me.
I don't have a set of jump leads, so I can't check the starter relay on its own. It doesn't seem to click when I press the starter, but the fact that the check engine and ABS light come on suggests that there's something in the bike's circuitry that's stopping it from turning over the engine, rather than there actually being a fault.
I'm going to have to keep looking at this and eventually I may find something that makes sense...!
I didn't have much time today, due to work pressures, but I took the opportunity to check the main fuse and ignition fuse etc, even though I was pretty sure that, had they gone, it wouldn't even run if I bump started it.
Anyway, they were fine, but, when I came to switch on, it was fine with no sign of the Error Code 12!
I used a piece of broomstick and a brick to push the sidestand cut-off switch in and tried the starter. The Check Engine and ABS lights came on and stayed on whilst I was pressing the start button. This is the same thing that would happen when I'd have to flick the side stand up to jolt the bike, after which it would often start, but not this time.
I tried giving the starter motor a couple of taps with a hammer, then pressed the start button again, but got the same thing.
I lifted the starter relay, cleaned up the wiring contacts, then took the rubber covers off the connectors to the battery and starter motor and (having checked there was zero volts going through it so I wouldn't fry my multimeter) tested if there was any continuity through the starter, but there wasn't which is how it should be.
So (somewhat nervously, I have to add!) I took a pair of pliers with insulated handles and touched one side to the starter contact and then (after a couple of spectacular sparks :eek ) I managed to get the other one against the battery terminal and got the wonderful sound of the bike starting!
I'm not quite sure where this leaves me.
I don't have a set of jump leads, so I can't check the starter relay on its own. It doesn't seem to click when I press the starter, but the fact that the check engine and ABS light come on suggests that there's something in the bike's circuitry that's stopping it from turning over the engine, rather than there actually being a fault.
I'm going to have to keep looking at this and eventually I may find something that makes sense...!