1 Starting up the bike Mon Apr 20, 2020 4:31 pm
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Ok so I’ve been reading multiple forums and I have yet to find a solution. So here goes nothing.
Background- I bought this bike from a blind sale of a storage unit.
It looks as if it had been sitting for nearly 14 years.
I have gone through and changed the oil, spark plugs, fuses, bleed the brakes and put in new fluid, cleaned up the wiring a little, checked the relays for power, checked the wires for continuity and double checked my work. I had to buy a new tank so I bought a new tank from a K75RT which was confirmed by BMW to work with my K100 LT. It supposedly (and looks like) it has all new internals as well.
However, when I plug the key in, I can hear the starter click. I turn the key and flip “off” the kill switch. The lights on the speedometer show and the correct gear shows as well. I pull the choke, and depress the starter button. Nothing happens. No whirring of the fuel pump, no pruning sound, nothing.
I have checked the wiring and all seems kosher there. The switch is relaying power (I believe- I’m also very new to the electrical world of bikes- I know enough to get by within a home).
I need some suggestions as I am stuck. Oh and I have labeled nearly every damn wire I can think of from the wiring diagram. Oh I have also cleaned up all the grounds (that I could find- which was the battery one and the one from the relay box, and the one from the front of the bike). Thanks!!
Background- I bought this bike from a blind sale of a storage unit.
It looks as if it had been sitting for nearly 14 years.
I have gone through and changed the oil, spark plugs, fuses, bleed the brakes and put in new fluid, cleaned up the wiring a little, checked the relays for power, checked the wires for continuity and double checked my work. I had to buy a new tank so I bought a new tank from a K75RT which was confirmed by BMW to work with my K100 LT. It supposedly (and looks like) it has all new internals as well.
However, when I plug the key in, I can hear the starter click. I turn the key and flip “off” the kill switch. The lights on the speedometer show and the correct gear shows as well. I pull the choke, and depress the starter button. Nothing happens. No whirring of the fuel pump, no pruning sound, nothing.
I have checked the wiring and all seems kosher there. The switch is relaying power (I believe- I’m also very new to the electrical world of bikes- I know enough to get by within a home).
I need some suggestions as I am stuck. Oh and I have labeled nearly every damn wire I can think of from the wiring diagram. Oh I have also cleaned up all the grounds (that I could find- which was the battery one and the one from the relay box, and the one from the front of the bike). Thanks!!