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[Lily]

Help needed

ibke won't start...

Lowsided on left a few weeks back, but bike started since then.
Washed it yesterday and when I came to start it won't

Alarm disables
Pump primes but start button produces nothing at all.

Sidestand has a bypass but was up anyway (it has been slightly worn though??)
Kill switch off
Battery fully charged and checked with a spare from the 999 and same thing
Taken all electric connectors apart and cleaned/dried
Taken solenoid apart and tried bypassing at which point engine tries to start and sparks fly.
Tried a spare starter button


NOTHING!!

So what else is it??

My current thinking is the solenoid is stuffed, gonna buy a decent multimeter tomorrow and hopefully a new solenoid to test.

What else should i try/check?

Please help I have first track day on Friday, have new tyres on, have crashed 2 out of the last 3 times I have ridden and have now swapped to race pattern shift so really wanted to ride the bike before Friday

[Edited on 15-5-2006 by Lily]