silverhound
New Member
So my wife hasn't ridden her 2013 NC700X DCT in a while. Bike was purchased new in 2013. Last ride was a several hundred mile 2 day jaunt. No problems. Came home parked the bike for about three weeks, she went to take it out yesterday and no start. Just the clicking of the starter relay.
Battery was on a tender, is fully charged, holds a charge, tests fine. However not trusting it I tried another M/C battery that I know is also good and same result. Everything comes on, fuel pump cycles, bike is showing in Neutral, hit starter and just hear the click-click-click of the starter relay.
Checked fuses - all good
Read shop manual and it says to try and run starter directly so I try that. With the extra battery I connect black to a grounding point on the bike and red to a long screwdriver and touch the positive connection on the starter. Starter turns slightly, not even a full revolution, wires to extra battery immediately get super hot and smoke. Hmmmm.
So does this sound like a starter issue or something upstream like the starter relay? I refuse to believe that the engine is seized or locked after only 2600 miles and being properly maintained. I can pull the starter and see if it spins when off of the bike but before I tear into it I figured I would seek advice for maybe a simpler solution. What say you?
Battery was on a tender, is fully charged, holds a charge, tests fine. However not trusting it I tried another M/C battery that I know is also good and same result. Everything comes on, fuel pump cycles, bike is showing in Neutral, hit starter and just hear the click-click-click of the starter relay.
Checked fuses - all good
Read shop manual and it says to try and run starter directly so I try that. With the extra battery I connect black to a grounding point on the bike and red to a long screwdriver and touch the positive connection on the starter. Starter turns slightly, not even a full revolution, wires to extra battery immediately get super hot and smoke. Hmmmm.
So does this sound like a starter issue or something upstream like the starter relay? I refuse to believe that the engine is seized or locked after only 2600 miles and being properly maintained. I can pull the starter and see if it spins when off of the bike but before I tear into it I figured I would seek advice for maybe a simpler solution. What say you?