Lifan 125cc

[Vrcic]

Hi guys, hate to say it but I am another person who got sold a shoddy pice of chinese engineering ^^

However I need some help fixing the electric start so I can sell it with mot.

All electrics work except the Electric Start button, It starts great off a bump start and kick start. There is no power to the button at all no whirring nothing.

Could you help me try and pinpoint the cause so I dont get stung with tons of sevice charges at a garage.

tia

[Evil Hans]

[lingeringstin...]

Solenoid might be bad.

If there's absolutely no click sound when you push the starter button then the solenoid might be fecked. I don't know if they have a fuse somewhere but it would be wise to check that first.

Then trace the big starter wire back from the starter to a little thing that looks something like this:


solenoid
https://s22.postimg.org/ycn73colt/333.jpg



With the ignition on, take a screwdriver or something else metal and short out those two terminals with the big wires bolted on them. Careful, it might spark a bit.

If the starter sounds like it's now trying to work then the thing you just poked with a screwdriver is probably bad. New ones aren't that expensive.

If the solenoid clicks when you push the button but the starter doesn't work then it's probably time for a new starter.

[Rogerborg]

[Vrcic]

The mot place started it via the kick start and accepted that as they couldnt figure out the issue with the button.

The bike is in the garage to fix a few things to pass the mot, I will try some visual inspections on the wiring and see what I can find, maybe a diagram online will help me out, if its a new starter thats needed then that makes things a lot simpler.

[arry]

Before going too far, check the switch itself - I've had a couple of cheapy 125's (including a YBR) which developed issues with the switch itself rather than anything more complicated.

[Rogerborg]

[arry]

[Vrcic]

this sounds really silly but im wondering if it just a dodgy battery. As I was riding it back from the garage it struggled to take the throttle and stalled, couldnt get it to start again it has fuel, and now shows no electrics at all. Think I need to test that battery first.

[Rogerborg]

Could very well be, and it'll be a lot cheaper to check than to start throwing parts at it. If it's a basic wet-cell battery, check that the electrolyte level in each cell is between the min and max lines - you should be just about able to see it through the side of the battery.

https://i.imgur.com/MIS9PNe.png?1

If not, top up with distilled / deionised water, not tap water.
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[Vrcic]

I am a newbie finding things on bikes, I am guessing its underneath the fairings near the seat at least thats where the wires are connecting to each other.

It was dark but with the ignition on I saw zero light from gear led no N in neutral no indicators and then tried my lights and saw a very feint main beam light but it was flashing ever so slowly has to suggest its getting a very low battery feed, which would lead me to believe that either the alternator is fucked or the battery is so far dead that it doesnt hold charges anymore.

I will try and find it and check it in the morning.

[Vrcic]

[linuxyeti]

[Vrcic]

If thats the attitude you want to use thats fine, not going to rise to it.

If you cant be nice then dont post simple isnt it.

[pepperami]

[linuxyeti]

[pepperami]

I think we have a flouncer here
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[linuxyeti]

Would appear so !!
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