PaulYoung88 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Hoping someone else has had this problem??? 2000 XJ900S, turn the bike on and ignition lights etc all on. Hit the ignition and I hear 2 clicks and then everything goes dead. No lights/horn/etc. Turn it on and off and still nothing. Go back half an hour later, disconnect the battery and reconnect and everything lights up again, but hit ignition again and 2 clicks and dead again. Anyone got any ideas??? Thanks. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnerz89 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 How old is your battery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulYoung88 Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 Not sure. Only bought the bike a few weeks ago. Hadn’t used it for a week so put it on charge and it seemed to have charged ok??? I thought it might have been a fuse that had blown the first time, but they all looked ok and everything came on the second time , but then all died off again after I hit the ignition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnerz89 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 I'd try another battery if possible, or a jump start off a car (without the engine running) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Cynic Posted December 3, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2021 All the signs of a bad battery, possibly a dead cell so it has voltage but as soon as it comes under load, nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Snakebite68 Posted December 3, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2021 Have you tried reconnecting the battery WITHOUT waiting the half hour (just wait a couple of mins before reconnecting it)? What effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike1949 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Paul, as Cynic said. All the signs of a bad battery, possibly a dead cell so it has voltage but as soon as it comes under load, nothing. I've had a similar situation and literally you can start the bike and everything seems normal, turn the bike off, come back in 30 mins and the battery is dead. Why did they ever get rid of kickstarts? Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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