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Old Dec 23, 2014 | 01:05 PM
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Was winterizing my 2013 RK. Decided to leave the battery in so I put a battery tender on it. Connected everything, put the seat back on, hooked up the tender. Did not get oil in the cylinders at the time so yesterday I went out the complete the job but when I pushed in the RUN button nothing happens. The battery seems to be fully charged as all the lights come on when I turn the switch on the tank. Any ideas? Did I forget to connect something? Fuse?
 
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Ignition on..... Run/Stop switch to run.... press start button. That should do it.
 
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Ignition on..... Run/Stop switch to run.... press start button. That should do it.
That is what I do but nothing happens.
 
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That is what I do but nothing happens.
Did you have your FOB with you? (Assume you have security) does FOB battery need to be changed?
 
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hmmm.

with bike in N, you can run a jumper wire from the battery to the solenoid and it should crank over ( pull the green wire off the solenoid- use a jumper with a terminal crimped on at the solenoid...touch to battery +.
that removes the kill switch, relay and any safety switches ( clutch, jiffy if equipped)

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Originally Posted by jblass
That is what I do but nothing happens.
Bike in neutral, clutch pulled in?
 
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Old Dec 23, 2014 | 03:28 PM
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Try starting with with clutch lever pulled in, this bypasses the neutral safety switch. Shift into a few gears then shift back to neutral. Try to start then. I have had the neutral switch stick before.
 
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Originally Posted by jblass
Was winterizing my 2013 RK. Decided to leave the battery in so I put a battery tender on it. Connected everything, put the seat back on, hooked up the tender. Did not get oil in the cylinders at the time so yesterday I went out the complete the job but when I pushed in the RUN button nothing happens. The battery seems to be fully charged as all the lights come on when I turn the switch on the tank. Any ideas? Did I forget to connect something? Fuse?
Nothings going to happen til you hit the start button..
 
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Look at what you did to install the tender pigtail. Usually that is where the problems are when everything worked fine before the owner put hands on.
 
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Here's to hoping you didn't hook it up backwards and burn up an expensive battery!





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