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Motorcycle For Sale 2006 FJR runs great… when it starts

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Bruce Ente

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I give up! 2006 FJR 1300, runs great when it starts. New battery and new starter motor have not solved intermittent no-start condition. 81,500 highway miles, clean title. Great winter project bike or buy it for parts - make me an offer. Pickup in Chicago.
 

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Is that a "no crank" or crank without catching?
You may have given up on it but I'm sure a prospective buyer would want to know details.
Good luck with the sale.
 
Is that a "no crank" or crank without catching?
You may have given up on it but I'm sure a prospective buyer would want to know details.
Good luck with the sale.
Cranks without starting, then cranks weakly, then barely. After investigating, a competent Yamaha mechanic believed a new battery and starter would solve what had been a persistent but intermittent no-start problem that had left me stranded a number of times. Possibly a defective Yuasa battery — unlikely, but I’ll get it checked out. Otherwise I’m done!
 
Cranks without starting, then cranks weakly, then barely. After investigating, a competent Yamaha mechanic believed a new battery and starter would solve what had been a persistent but intermittent no-start problem that had left me stranded a number of times. Possibly a defective Yuasa battery — unlikely, but I’ll get it checked out. Otherwise I’m done!
Battery and starter is definitely what I would have suggested first. Did this change come suddenly?
Frustrating...
Load test battery and then check starting amperes with a clamp-on DC Ammeter. Hope you figure it out (or sell to someone with more patience). Have you had compression checked?
 
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