[christopher.j]

Road the weekend up in the Smokies for a long weekend. Bike ran great. Got home took bike off the trailer, tried to fire it up and nothing. Battery seems fine. Made sure it was in neutral, nothing. Lights and Guages work. Any thoughts?

 

[larry]

Check your kill switch.

 

[kraaazymike]

Also check the side stand switch.

 

[BillyD66]

Check your kill switch.

Like in all the owners manual for stuff go down a list of the obvious and don't assume anything.
- To add to what Larry said: Cycle that switch as well as the ignition switch. The contacts might just be off a little
- Make sure you have plenty of fuel
- Cycle through the gears and end up back in neutral and make sure light goes out and then back on
- Check the kickstand kill switch
- Don't have the owner's manual in front of me but there are several kill/safety switches on the bike and any one of them could have gotten jogged while trailering, damaged or just the connector(s) come loose.
- Long shot but blown fuses... There is a separate one for the fuel pump. Bike will crank but not start if that one is blown
- Start with the easy stuff and then move forward. Worst case you have the trailer so no tow charge for you if you need to take it to the dealer.

Others might have more technical suggestions but also look through the service manual depending on your comfort level wrenching things
And most importantly, please post back once you figure it out even if its a silly/embarrassing thing. Down the road someone else here will do the same thing and really appreciate you following up. Best of luck.

BTW, it didn't get caught in a rain storm or anything while on the trip did it? If so confirm the intake is bone dry

 

[straightjacket]

Since you had it on the trailer, also check to make sure you didn't cut any of the wire while it was tied down! If your not carefull it's very easy to pinch wires withe a strap.

 

[sdsting]

One other thing we have discussed in another thread is the fuel injection; when you turn the key on let the speedometer needle do a full sweep before hitting the ignition switch. Also I’ve noticed on my bike that no throttle is needed, just push the ignition, if I use any throttle it usually doesn’t start.

 

[SmokenJoe]

One other thing we have discussed in another thread is the fuel injection; when you turn the key on let the speedometer needle do a full sweep before hitting the ignition switch. Also I’ve noticed on my bike that no throttle is needed, just push the ignition, if I use any throttle it usually doesn’t start.

Couple of times my finger slipped off start button and restarted but took a lot of cranking.

 

[christopher.j]

Thanks for the suggestions I will look onto them. Hate tO drag it to the shop for something simple, which is what I suspect.

 

[ronin]

Had the same thing happen to me. Turned out to be water in the gas tank. Before she wouldn't start on me I had run a 900 mile trip,700 miles of which were in rain. So some water probably got in from filling up mutie times with everything soaking wet. Ended up costing me $50 to have the dealer pick it up, bring back to the shop and do all the work to figure out what happened and fix it, part of that $50 was the new gas they put in.

 

[christopher.j]

Turns out the ignition switch has malfunctioned. Got it to work but I'm sure it will need to be replaced someday soon. Yamaha sure is proud of that part, $230.00ish bucks.

 

[11Stryker]

Well that is great that you found it, but that 230.00 is Yami's problem now. Happy Riding!