honda cbr125 r clicking starter

[kevinjstanley]

hi
out of the blue bike fails to start ...charged battery and starter relay clicks but will not turn over.
fuses checked and ok
ignition light is on and upon pressing ignition switch the neutral briefly goes out but returns when ceasing the ignition switch.

can you give me guidelines as to what to check

cheers

kev

[chris-red]

The battery, are you sure it is in good condition? Turn the ignition on put the lights on a squeeze the brake lever, do the lights significantly dim?
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[kevinjstanley]

[kevinjstanley]

hi all

the battery has been fully charged to ensure that was not the issue.
it still just clicks when pressing the ignition switch.
the starter relay clicks and nothing else happens ??

help as to where I look ?
cheers

[P.]

Can you bump start the bike...

[Mark65]

My CG did that, sticky starter motor brushes, stripped cleaned and was fine, did it twice in a year but brushes are getting short.

Mark
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[Andy_Pagin]

Has it got an immobiliser fitted?
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[BigShow]

My YBR did that and the starter solenoid had failed, rust had damaged one of the connections.
Try locating it on your bike and use a hefty spanner to touch both connections at the same time. If your bike starts then that's your problem. Fortunately they are cheap and easy to replace.

[kevinjstanley]

hi all thanks for replies:
the latest:
I wonder if there is multiple issues???

bumped it to get rear wheel moving and thus crank, the starter started.
replaced plug;
fired it it was awfull and would only fire and start while on the starter button, as soon as I let off the starter button it stopped.
lots of smoke out of exhaust.
this morning:
went to it: full charge on battery and started it, it fired and ticked over lumperly but noticed smoke from around engine case so stopped the engine.
I undid oil cap and at least 1/2 pint of fuelmixed oil came out.
so have we a rings issue????

[P.]

Or a seals issue, or a carb issue.

Drain that oil and make sure your tanks vacuum isn't fucked, common on the early CBRs.

[Pie-Roe]

What colour was the smoke out of the exhaust?
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[kevinjstanley]

hi
thanks for the replies boys,

the smoke was grey,
I do wonder about carb as this was a replacement off ebay last year, recently stripped and cleaned.

tank is awfull it had been stood for 4 years when I got the bike last year and the rust inside was a bugger...I think the rust is not a issue anymore as it has been swilled out.

the vacum tube works as I did the test in the hayes book where you suck or blow ..can't remember which and the fuel came out of the tank.