drz400sm not starting

[hondakawasaki]

hi all

anyone have any idea on this, go to start it with the electric start and i hear a click coming from the indicator relay under the head light?

got home yesterday cut the bike out went to start it 2 min later and just hear a click every time i push the electric start?

a few hours later go to start it again and it started straight up get home after a 20 min ride cut bike out same thing wont start and i hear a click under the headlight

go to bike this morning and push the electric start button a few times hear a few clicks under head light then it started same thing after a 20min ride come home wont start again

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Check your earth and connections.
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[hondakawasaki]

thanks for the reply

checked all wires and connections everything looks fine

also if i short out the 2 connections on the starter relay with a screw driver the bike will start?

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Meatybeaty]

Hi sounds like the clicking you hear is the relay, and that sounds fine , have you tried cleaning out the starter button switch , could have some corrosion/muck in there

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[Suntan Sid]

Had similar problems on my DRZ400E.
I don't know if the wiring is similar, but on mine the main fuse was mounted on the L/H side of the seat subframe. Over the years, taking the seat on and off had rubbed the insulation off on one of the wires.
I renewed the bit of wire and the problem went away!
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[hondakawasaki]

[Meatybeaty]

Easy to check ,get the multimeter onto the starter motor hold down the start button and see if you get 12v at the starter motor, could be starter motor itself

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[DRZ4Hunned]

I had a similar problem with my old yamaha 125, I had to hit the starter motor with a block of wood to get it to start. From what I can remember it was the brushes inside the starter motor.
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[hondakawasaki]

so went to start the bike again heard the flasher relay under the headlight click a few times and it started up again must of turned it off and started it atleast 20 times

took it for a ride around the block and it wouldnt start again

can a defective flasher relay stop the bike starting?

thanks

[Meatybeaty]

Its pointing toward the starter motor, to make sure its not the side stand/ indicator relay , put down the side stand with the bike in gear ,pull in the clutch and try to start, if there is no click then that relay is working and the bike wont start, as you can see from the diagrams the wiring flows thro that relay to the starter relay, when you get the click it means the starter relay has worked and ready to fire the starter moto

[hondakawasaki]

ok i have circled what clicks when i go to start it, thats under the head light i thought it was the flasher relay for the indicators?

the starter relay does not click when i try start it, i can start it by touching the 2 terminals on the starter relay together with a screw driver

how would i go about testing everything i have a multimeter?

[Meatybeaty]

If that relay isnt clicking then its faulty , second fault page when not clicking.Do you have the workshop manual , will need it to check components/relays

[hondakawasaki]