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Old Mar 25, 2006 | 01:31 AM
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Hey guys,
I'm stuck...again...so I did some basic maintenance on my bike and then when I put her back together + turn the key all that happens is the oil and neutral light come on super dim!!! Can you suggest something cause I'm completly stuck.

What I did to my bike which supposedly broke her was

change breaks + tires
cleaned my kill switch connectors (I'm pretty sure I put it back perfect but if this could be causing the problem please tell me)
changed coolant
added a wire so my break light sensor/indicator would pull down.
adjusted my clutch
changed my coolant
fixed my ram-air system which was actually not connected properly
cleaned my air filter

What I did to try to remedy the problem was clean my battery terminals.

I had the battery tested (its a non-maintenance one) about a month ago and it was fine and I hooked it up to a float battery charger which you can see exactly here for the last month

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWN%3AIT

any ideas what to do? I'm going to test the battery Monday

Thanks for everything!!!! Jutboy
 
Old Mar 25, 2006 | 02:38 AM
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Default RE: Bike won't start (was working before some basic maintenance)

id say its in the kill switch or the battery connection.
 
Old Mar 25, 2006 | 05:14 PM
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Default RE: Bike won't start (was working before some basic maintenance)

oh I just remembered when I put the battery back in there was a small black wire with a yellow tracer which I assumed attached to my negetive terminal.

Oh yeah...my bike is 1997 ZX600F - zx6r
 
Old Mar 25, 2006 | 09:32 PM
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Default RE: Bike won't start (was working before some basic maintenance)

Does it turn over or just the dim lights... sounds like what e636 said or possibly bad ground.
 
Old Mar 25, 2006 | 10:59 PM
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Default RE: Bike won't start (was working before some basic maintenance)

I doesn't turn over or even try to, the lights don't go on at all either. All I can see is that the neutral and the oil lights are on...but super super dim...can't even tell during the day but noticable at night.

Did you catch what I said about that yellow tracer wire I attached to my negitive battery terminal. Is that the ground...did I hook up wrong...where should I hook it?

Thanks a lot for the time
 
Old Mar 26, 2006 | 03:13 AM
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was it hooked up b4 if not try disconecting and see what happens, but a good idea would be to get a repair manuel or disc for some refrence.... I'm not a pro at this and I could be wrong so either do that or wait maybe sum 1 else can help or had the same prob.... I know it sux ya wanna get that thing going... hang in there bro hope all works out.
 
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