Hello everyone,
This is my first post, so please bear with me as I'm a noob to the Triumph 675 forums.
I'm posting here because I'm having some issues with my 2009 Triumph Daytona 675. It has about 10,000 miles on it, maybe a little less.
This past Winter it was put in storage, and I didn't have a battery tender on it during a majority of the season. As a resident of Illinois with winter's often dropping below 0 degrees Fahrenheit, I understand that this was a poor decision.
This Spring when I fired it up, I didn't have any problems. It was a little cold, but nothing out of the ordinary for the first start of the season.
But now that Summer is in full swing, I'm having some issues. I'm not a mechanical genius, so I'm going to do my best to describe the problem I'm having. Please bear with me.
So about a month ago when I went to start the bike, I turned the key to on, switched the power switch to on, and pressed my starter button. The engine didn't turn over, and the bike just made a mildly loud *click* sound. The sound reminded me of a dead battery. I flipped the power switch off, then back on, and tried starting again. The bike wouldn't do anything until the gas tank quit making the "venting" sound, but once that was done. It started right up. I took it for a 20 mile cruise to charge what I thought was a low battery. Every time since then, it's been doing the same thing. No start on the first try, but then after letting the gas tank "vent" on the second try, it would start right up. This was the case for about the past month. And now here is where it gets interesting...
Just the other day I went to start the bike, and the engine turned over a few times on the first try. I followed the same pattern of turning off the power switch and turning it back on and trying to start it again. But now, I'm not getting it to turn over at all, but I am getting that loud *click* noise. Since then, the bike will not start at all. My Dad is a much better mechanic than I am, so he came down to take a look at it with me. At first we both suspected that it could be a battery issue, but we found it interesting that the instrument panel and lights were both very bright and didn't seem to be showing signs of a low battery.
My dad and I ended up push starting the motorcycle, and it started right up. Immediately after starting it, I took it for a short ride (about 4 miles) to see if the battery would charge up. After I got back, I let it run for about 5 minutes just to continue charging the battery. After that, I turned it off, and immediately tried to start it up again. It didn't start. It just made that same *click* noise.
So now the bike will not start unless it is push started. My dad seems to think that it could be the starter.
What kind of expertise or advice can you guys offer me? I'm not sure what to do at this point, and it's driving me crazy that I can't enjoy the nice weather on the bike. If you guys could help me, I would greatly appreciate it.
If you need more information from me on how the bike's behaving, please post here and I can give as much information as I can.
Thank you!
This is my first post, so please bear with me as I'm a noob to the Triumph 675 forums.
I'm posting here because I'm having some issues with my 2009 Triumph Daytona 675. It has about 10,000 miles on it, maybe a little less.
This past Winter it was put in storage, and I didn't have a battery tender on it during a majority of the season. As a resident of Illinois with winter's often dropping below 0 degrees Fahrenheit, I understand that this was a poor decision.
This Spring when I fired it up, I didn't have any problems. It was a little cold, but nothing out of the ordinary for the first start of the season.
But now that Summer is in full swing, I'm having some issues. I'm not a mechanical genius, so I'm going to do my best to describe the problem I'm having. Please bear with me.
So about a month ago when I went to start the bike, I turned the key to on, switched the power switch to on, and pressed my starter button. The engine didn't turn over, and the bike just made a mildly loud *click* sound. The sound reminded me of a dead battery. I flipped the power switch off, then back on, and tried starting again. The bike wouldn't do anything until the gas tank quit making the "venting" sound, but once that was done. It started right up. I took it for a 20 mile cruise to charge what I thought was a low battery. Every time since then, it's been doing the same thing. No start on the first try, but then after letting the gas tank "vent" on the second try, it would start right up. This was the case for about the past month. And now here is where it gets interesting...
Just the other day I went to start the bike, and the engine turned over a few times on the first try. I followed the same pattern of turning off the power switch and turning it back on and trying to start it again. But now, I'm not getting it to turn over at all, but I am getting that loud *click* noise. Since then, the bike will not start at all. My Dad is a much better mechanic than I am, so he came down to take a look at it with me. At first we both suspected that it could be a battery issue, but we found it interesting that the instrument panel and lights were both very bright and didn't seem to be showing signs of a low battery.
My dad and I ended up push starting the motorcycle, and it started right up. Immediately after starting it, I took it for a short ride (about 4 miles) to see if the battery would charge up. After I got back, I let it run for about 5 minutes just to continue charging the battery. After that, I turned it off, and immediately tried to start it up again. It didn't start. It just made that same *click* noise.
So now the bike will not start unless it is push started. My dad seems to think that it could be the starter.
What kind of expertise or advice can you guys offer me? I'm not sure what to do at this point, and it's driving me crazy that I can't enjoy the nice weather on the bike. If you guys could help me, I would greatly appreciate it.
If you need more information from me on how the bike's behaving, please post here and I can give as much information as I can.
Thank you!