just brought home my 1st VFR. A bike I've loved since High school. Anyway, gentleman I bought it from took pretty good care of it. But 8 years ago his son was born and it sat in his garage. I got what I think is a nvery fair price. 18k miles, clean for $2,000. so I get it home in my garage. remove all the plastics and pulled a plug that looked slightly dark and oily but not in terrible shape. I decided I would put in a fresh battery and see if I get any spark. So in the battery went. I had one plug pulled out but connected to its wire and resting on the cylinder head so that I can see if there's any spark. Turned the key on accessory, lights came on and a (fuel?) pump began whirring. I was so excited !! I reached for the start button gave it s push and ..... click, lights out, pump off bike went totally asleep . I checked all the fuses and nothings blown. Before I begin the digging and testing of components I thought id check in here and see if anybody ahd any initial words of advice. Thank you all for your replies. Sincerely New VFR owner, Jim D San Francisco,. CA
Something like that and I'd be going over all the connections anyway, including grounds. It's likely something simple.
Kinda sounds like a loose battery terminal. You do know about the main fuse, right? Also, I had a Bikemaster GEL battery shit itself just like that at a gas station. No warning, no slow cranking. Hit the start button and everything was dead. Took me a while to convince myself it was the battery. Luckily there was an auto parts store a block away that had a battery.
