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Posted by Drift1
- April 27, 2014, 07:07:51 AM 
Ok so thanks to our forum guru , " Mr. Troll " I'm happy to say after jumping the bike this morning she fired right up 
I'll be off to see if indeed the local shops have a battery . If not I'll order one up .
I'm still going to run a fair amount of sea foam through the system to eliminate the possibility of being hummed up , just to be on the safe side .
I'm thinking my best bet would be to get MA-DEUCE in the shop so they can check the air/fuel ratio for me , as I don't have a clue on how to do so .
Thanks for all the comments and process of elimination guys its greatly appreciated , as always
Posted by CDNRatMan
- April 26, 2014, 22:27:57 PMTroll would a power pack work just as well as a none running car?
Posted by Drift1
- April 26, 2014, 21:34:07 PMI do have cables Troll
Posted by Troll
- April 26, 2014, 21:07:09 PMSounds like a dead battery...could have opened an internal cell connector. Do you have a set of jumper cables you can connect to a NON running car?.
Posted by Drift1
- April 26, 2014, 20:49:40 PMNo dice Troll .... both terminals are nice and tight and when I turn the key to the on position I'm getting all my lights , hit the start button and just a constant clickkkkkkkk
Posted by Drift1
- April 26, 2014, 20:34:03 PMI will check for that Troll . That would be a blessing if that 's all it is , for sure .
Posted by Troll
- April 26, 2014, 20:14:05 PMClean and tighten all battery connections. When I first got my W-650, I had a strange problem that only would show up intermittently. Sometimes it was once a day, and sometimes is once every minute. The neg. battery terminal was just ever so slightly loose. You're riding along, and the engine would not exactly miss, but it felt more like the trans had hopped out of and then back into gear. That was about 15,000 miles ago when I first bought it....Clicking noises from heavy current demand devices usually mean a loose or dirty high capacity connection.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- April 26, 2014, 20:11:27 PMbefore buying a new battery get it checked and see if that is the issue.
Posted by Drift1
- April 26, 2014, 20:02:50 PMIt was cranking before Troll , but now it's just clicking away from the ignitor . I just came in from trying it again . It's weird because yesterday everything was fine . I'm hoping it's just a battery issue , but why did it just stall out while running ?
Posted by Troll
- April 26, 2014, 19:31:24 PMQuote from: Drift1 on April 26, 2014, 17:33:15 PMThat's the same plan I was thinking PC .
Things just got a little worse
Just hooked up the charger and got one click , but now it's a faint tick noise . I think the IC box ( I think it's called ) have to look that up went caput
.....
I double checked all the fuses along with the main fuse and there all good . Even replaced the main fuse to be on the safe side and nothing .
Does the engine crank?
Posted by Drift1
- April 26, 2014, 19:13:00 PMNo I don't , Ratman 
Tomorrow I'll see if I can find a battery local and start from there 
Posted by CDNRatMan
- April 26, 2014, 19:06:13 PMDo you have a multi meter to check your battery and charging system?
Posted by Drift1
- April 26, 2014, 17:33:15 PMThat's the same plan I was thinking PC .
Things just got a little worse Just hooked up the charger and got one click , but now it's a faint tick noise . I think the IC box ( I think it's called ) have to look that up went caput .....
I double checked all the fuses along with the main fuse and there all good . Even replaced the main fuse to be on the safe side and nothing .
Posted by pcarrell
- April 26, 2014, 17:10:07 PMOn the plus side, it doesn't sound like anything big. Varnish could indeed cause a stuck float. Once you get it going, I'd OD the thing on Seafoam in the fuel for a couple of tanks, just to be safe!
Posted by Drift1
- April 26, 2014, 15:44:10 PMOK just came from the garage and so far I checked all the fuses , petcock is in working order , all fuel and vent lines in good shape and connected . My jumper wasn't charged enough but just for haha's I hooked it up to the bike and am getting crank so that's a plus . I'm waiting for a full charge from the charger before I try and jump it again .
Now that I think about it , is it possible the carb gummed up after completely draining the system ? The whole system was drained to repaint the tank , disassemble the petcock for service etc . Perhaps the float is stuck in the bowl as well , flooding the system making it harder to start ? I didn't have it on a trickle charger at all , this winter being it was mostly apart ( I know I kick myself in the rear ) and praying it's indeed , just time for a new battery