Noodleman

Thanks for all the advice, i took the bike to my local mechanic, and as thought it was the battery. So a new one was fitted along with new spark plugs. She is starting now perfectly fine. He also advised me that when im stopping the bike after a run i should turn the petrol to off and let the engine run for about 30 seconds to allow the fuel left in the carbs to clear. Is this common knowledge for the tdm? thanks again everyone.

hi to all, apologies that my first post is to ask advice on a problem, and im not very mechanically minded. i bought a 1995 tdm last week, and she had started ok for the first few times. however, when i went to start it two days ago all i got was the engine trying to turn over but seemingly no spark or sometjhing, and the more times i tried it, the lower the battery seemed to get. now when i went yesterday to try again all im getting is a clicking noise and the rev counter needle moves slightly. could it be the battery? which seems to be a nightmare to access as its away in below the petrol tank? how on earth do i get it out to charge it? maybe its something else that im not thinking of. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.