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Title: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: IZ on December 04, 2009, 05:26:25 AM
I'm on Blackberry and stranded and no time and can't do a search. How do I run/jump  start this bike again...neutral and pop into 1st, right? I have a dead duc this morning. It's been pretty cold leaving it out in the elements here in AZ. Flat ground too!! Ahhh..!!!
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: ZOSO on December 04, 2009, 05:52:48 AM
2nd gear, hold in clutch, get bike moving, pop clutch.
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: ZOSO on December 04, 2009, 05:55:20 AM
Just noticed flat ground, so may be difficult to hold in clutch and run.
Use neutral and pop into second at speed.
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: IZ on December 04, 2009, 06:15:56 AM
Thanks! Tried. Flat ground is no good. :/ taking taxi. New battery or new bike tomorrow!
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: DarkMonster620 on December 05, 2009, 03:16:35 PM
Quote from: IZ on December 04, 2009, 06:15:56 AM
Thanks! Tried. Flat ground is no good. :/ taking taxi. New battery or new bike tomorrow!

What happened? Nothing out of the bike? No signal of life?
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: stopintime on December 05, 2009, 03:37:18 PM
Ignition on, 2nd or even 3rd, taxi driver pushes [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: DarkStaR on December 05, 2009, 03:52:53 PM
Push Start, or Jump Start?

Push Start = FAIL if the battery is not strong enough to run the other associated systems to run the motor.

When a Jump Start is needed, I just jump it like I would a car, but with the car off.  Nothing fried the couple times I had to do it...monster or not.
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Post by: vaclav on December 05, 2009, 04:12:39 PM
Yes 12 volts is 12 volts - you can jump start a bike with a car battery all day long.
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: IZ on December 05, 2009, 04:41:26 PM
Bought a new Yuasa today and a charger.  Haven't checked..should be fully charged by now?!

Thanks for the help.


BTW..got a jump from a truck that was running once in Seattle after I left the keys in the ignition all day at work.  Started right up..didn't fry the battery and it lasted another year. 
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: teddy037.2 on December 05, 2009, 06:44:28 PM
get a nail in the battery, adam?

that's new












:-* ;D






anyway... how long did you charge your new batt?
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: IZ on December 06, 2009, 09:59:28 AM
I charged the new battery for about 18 hours.  Is that long enough?  The indicator was reading green..so it was full.

Anyway, I tried the bike this morning with the new battery (complete with new battery tender attached for future chargings.  The bike went through typical startup until the ignition button pushed and then it just clicks?!

WTF!?

This bike has had nine lives..71,000 miles now.  It just has to last a bit longer!!
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: DarkMonster620 on December 06, 2009, 10:05:39 AM
Quote from: IZ on December 06, 2009, 09:59:28 AM
The bike went through typical startup until the ignition button pushed and then it just clicks?!

WTF!?

This bike has had nine lives..71,000 miles now.  It just has to last a bit longer!!

What about the starter motor?.... Sound like the carbons migth be worn out
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: teddy037.2 on December 06, 2009, 01:22:31 PM
Quote from: Darkmonster620   formerly M620D on December 06, 2009, 10:05:39 AM
What about the starter motor?.... Sound like the carbons migth be worn out

+1 it's possible the starter has gone sour
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: DarkMonster620 on December 06, 2009, 01:40:05 PM
Quote from: teddy037.2 on December 06, 2009, 01:22:31 PM
+1 it's possible the starter has gone sour

hey teddy, I mean, it sounds like it...How was your weekend?
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: ducpainter on December 06, 2009, 01:47:12 PM
bad solenoid
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: Howie on December 06, 2009, 02:08:23 PM
Bypass the solenoid, if it now starts the solenoid is the problem.  Caution:  If you do this the bike will start in gear
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: IZ on December 06, 2009, 07:26:36 PM
Thanks guys.

My mech suggested starter relay
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: Popeye the Sailor on December 06, 2009, 08:04:38 PM
My mech suggests diagnosing, then replacing parts. YMMV  ;D
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: Howie on December 06, 2009, 08:07:51 PM
Quote from: MrIncredible on December 06, 2009, 08:04:38 PM
My mech suggests diagnosing, then replacing parts. YMMV  ;D

[thumbsup]
Title: Re: Jump start Duc..need help now!
Post by: IZ on December 07, 2009, 03:34:54 PM
Yeah, no shit. Tom's going to diagnose it when I get the bike there. That was just his thought of what it could be since I told him the battery was replaced and it still wasn't starting.