Diamante 668 will not start

Hello All, after leaving my Diamanté for a few months in the garage I charged up the battery last week and now it will not start. It does not even turnover. I can here the fuel injection working and the lights are fine but nothing when i press the starter button. I have the bike on a paddock stand and the side stand light is off. I would be grateful for any useful pointers, not sure if it’s a fuse or the starter…. Thank you Mike
 
Hello All, after leaving my Diamanté for a few months in the garage I charged up the battery last week and now it will not start. It does not even turnover. I can here the fuel injection working and the lights are fine but nothing when i press the starter button. I have the bike on a paddock stand and the side stand light is off. I would be grateful for any useful pointers, not sure if it’s a fuse or the starter…. Thank you Mike

Sounds like a dicky starter switch or poor battery. Fuse should be easy enough to check. Can you jump the starter relay . That should put the battery voltage direct to the starter. Plus check all termimals are nice and tight.
Also try another battery, or do you have a charger with a start function.
 
Sounds like a dicky starter switch or poor battery. Fuse should be easy enough to check. Can you jump the starter relay . That should put the battery voltage direct to the starter. Plus check all termimals are nice and tight.
Also try another battery, or do you have a charger with a start function.
What happens to the headlight when you hit the starter button . If it dims its probably an issue with the starter. If the headlight stays the same then its the fuse , start button or the relay. H TH
 
You're putting the cart before the horse. No point looking for replacement starter switches before you've diagnosed the problem. It might not be the switch, but if it is, the contacts probably just need a clean. Come to think of it, something like that is a likely scenario given that you live close to the sea. It's not unusual for brass contacts or connectors to get a bit corrosion on them in marine environments.

As with any electrical problem, follow it logically. There's two circuits to check:
One, the high current (big fat wire) from battery positive to starter relay, starter motor and back to battery negative.
Two, the low current control circuit from battery (via fuse) to starter switch and starter relay and back to a ground connection somewhere.

One of the simplest checks is to bypass each circuit and see if it eliminates the problem. The only tool you need is a piece of wire. In the case of the starter motor circuit, a piece of BIG wire, like a jumper lead.

If you're not confident to delve into the bike's electric systems, have a go anyway. You might learn some new skills. What could possibly go wrong?

If you decide you need someone else to come and look at it, I'd be happy to do it (I'd like to visit the Channel Islands). I'd only ask that you cover my travel costs from Tasmania to Jersey and back. ;)
 
Put a volt meter on the starter motor and push the start button. If the voltage drops a lot and the starter motor does not turn, you need a new battery. If you don't ever see 12V at the starter motor when you push the button, do the same test at the starter relay and then the battery.

My guess, is the battery is almost dead and only has enough power to run the lights.

Watching to see if the headlamp dims is not always a good test on modern bikes as many will shut off all electrical devices on the bike other than the starter motor, ignition and fuel injecting when you press the starter button.
 
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it is very easy for a batterry to show a healthy charge level, say 13.5 volts or anything better than 12 but not have any oomph to turn the starter, saw this on a KTM dirt bike in the IOM a few weeks ago, all looked god with the voltmeter, but a new battery solved it.
CLEM
 
If the pump is priming and nothing happens it could be the side stand switch plunger - but as above put the voltmeter over the battery Terminals and push the button - make sure the starter isn’t jammed by rolling the bike in gear to move it
 
Check that the connectors haven’t simply fallen off the bottom of the starter relay. They are just spade connectors which push up onto the bottom of the relay, so this can happen.
Mine have a cable tie helping them to stay in place now 🙂
 
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