The other day went for a ride came home every thing was fine . Later that day went to go out again , would not start , Was makeing a clicking sound .. Ok no problem . Dead battrie , right . Wrong . Changed the battrie . still the same thing . I have power to the lights and every thing but the started and the plugs . Checked the fuses all good there . The clicking sound is commong from the junction box for the fuses . Any chance it could be that . any way to check the bx ??

thank for any help .. John

I am assuming you are talking about the Kawasaki Vulcan Classic 1999 listed in your profile.

I am no expert on Kawasaki, but I believe the sound you are hearing is the relay in the junction box, which most likely means it is working.

Sounds to me like you either have a bad starter solenoid or a bad starter.

To do a quick test... turn the key on and use a screwdriver to jump across the starter solenoid (the two big posts with the heavy-duty cables). If the bike starts the solenoid is bad, if it doesn't, its the starter.

Sorry, but I don't know the Kawasaki Vulcan that well, so I can't tell you where the starter solenoid is off the top of my head.

Jumped the starter working fine . it turned over but no fire to the plugs

well i guess its off to the shop

Squid,

Let us know what you find out. It may help someone else.

I'll do that . I really think its the fuse junction box but i'm just going to take it in . Going to let the pro's fix it .. Thanks ,,

Hey Squid, I don't know the Kawasaki at all but the same thing happened about 2 months ago with my Indian Scout. I replaced the Starter relay (a $5 part) and it works just fine. See if it has a starter relay plugged into that junction box....

Thank you I'll do that ..

Hello Squid,

Don't know if you had the bike checked yet but bikersarge seems to be on the money, it is either your relay or there is a plug sensor depending on year of the bike, I have a 97' Vulcan Classic that had the relay go out, very inexpensive fix. Good luck.

ty mine is a 99 . Is it the starter relay ??

Well Squid? Did ya find out what was causing the "No Start" problem? Was it the Relay or something else? Ron....

I am with you guy's on the starter relay being the issue...........

Well i'm droping her off tuesday . But that sounds about right . I know it can't be any thing to bad .. Will find out soon . Thanks for the Info ..

Ok Squid, if ya dropped "her" off on Tuesday, ya should know something by today. (Friday) C'mon man, the suspense is killing me! I wanna know if it was the Starter Relay!!!!!!

Well i droped her off Thursday .. And yes it was the started relay .... We have a winner .. Thank You . I'll have my baby back Tuesday . Thanks again ..

Thanks Squid, now I feel a lot better. I was all in suspense and crap waiting to see what the malfunction was and if my "Guess" was correct... Again, thanks.... Shoot, we shoulda done a "Pool" on it.....

yep, same problem with my fxr a few months back. Checked everything I could think of until I tapped a tiny bit on the relay and it kicked right over. Replaced relay and on the road again. Glad your back riden again squid.

I'll be very happy to be riding again too . I have a trip planed to go to New Orleans then to San diego ..

Well im here the weather sucked for riding but i'm here ..

stick it in ur gob,see if its live ??

aye , the wire's .

had same problem aboot 2 yrs ago ,i put ma bike in to shirlaws in aberdeen scotland .

might be a tad far for u like ?? ,but they said it waz a loose wire ,the one coming out the push start button ??.