electrics/battery....
 

Can you give me some pointers??

battery was dying on bike, could see ignition light and hear pump prime, but it would not start and just clicked.

Bought a new battery and have come to put it on and not getting a dicky bird. No light, no pump prime, nothing.

It has an optimate connector attached to terminal and a meta alarm which has the sleep mode thingy.

I checked all the fuses that were obvious, but all seemed ok, anyone got any suggestions??

Killswitch ..???

yes, checked the killswitch :)

Not too clued up on Meta, but isn't there a reset that you need to do if the bike has been left for a certain time??
Might need resetting after you swapped the battery over?
I think you need the killswitch on (run), sidestand up if you have the safety cutout, hold the alarm button down and turn the ignition on............whilst still holding the fob button down until it comes back to life...........phew. :o
you might need 4 pairs of hands to ;)
Other than that, check your main fuse. In the fuse box, rhs frame tube. Could've popped it when you swapped the battey over.

More stupid suggestions:
Checked the solenoid plug?
Checked the starter lead and connection to starter motor. Rubber thingy collects water and connections gets oxidized and corroded.

/Uffe

tried the reset thingy on alarm, but nothing...but ignition light should come on anyway and it didn't

checked main fuse and all fuses i could find and they all seem ok

It was trying to start last week with old battery, so all connections were ok then.

yours, frustrated and girly up north..... :(

seems strange that you had ignition lights b4 changing your battery but not after - so Nellies diagnosis sounds good, an alarm type prob.....

I wonder what voltage your old battery is giving out??? Do you or anyone near you have a volt/multimeter???

Frank

Checked the fuse in the alarm?

My Meta immobiliser only interups the fuel pump circuit and the start circuit, it does not interfere with the Neutral light etc.
Is it the correct battery ie. are the terminal posts the same, positive to the right front and negative to the left front, are all connections made to the battery, is the main fuse on the side of the battery OK, has the new battery got a charge on it as in reading above 12volts.

ahhh, bugger it....

Might move this thread to Market Place

Anybody want to buy a nice Ducati?

Looks great, one careful lady owner...slight starting problem :lol:

Ok I know this sounds stupid but is the new battery full of acid and charged? and is it connected the correct way round.

Have you measured the battery voltage and some basic volt chassing?

If you have tried fuses, try starter relays.
At the side of the battery there is a cluster of relays, ignore the yellow one as this is the turn signal relay, there should be two smaller black ones try changing them/checking the connection or take them out and give them a light tap on a solid surface on several of the sides.

You can thank me later

sounds like the new battery aint been charged
daft but worth a check

Lily, if the optimate is connected, what do the lights say?

If the lights dont come on the battery is faulty.

If they come on except the top one (green) its charging, fully charged when the green light illuminates, this may take a couple of days if the battery is very low.

Have you checked to see if the battery is full of acid?