Bike stopped accelerating while riding...

[Jessica]

I have a 06 fz6, for some background I was having problems with my battery dying, so we replaced that battery...everything was fine. Til this morning when I was riding to work, my bike just stopped accelerating. The gages were still on, just stopped. So i pulled over, and turned off then tried to turn back on...wouldn't start. My engine light is not on. Any ideas?

 

[chuckfz6ryder]

did you accidentally hit the kill switch?

 

[Hongo]

Check your charging system, with a tester.

Do you know how use it?

 

[Jessica]

lol no I didnt hit the kill switch.

I have a meter..could you give me directions on checking it?

 

[Dennis in NH]

Don't laugh too hard because I know I've had trouble starting sometimes only to find I had accidentally it the kill switch . I check it first now after doing that and sweating it out for about 10 seconds twice.

Put the multimeter on DC volts and put the red on positive, black on negative and the meter should read maybe 12.6V. I'm sure you can google but here's what I found:

Motorcycle Battery Maintenace Guide - Motorcycle Maintenance Guide

This will at least tell if your battery is in need of charging and perhaps explain why your bike won't start.

Dennis

 

[chuckfz6ryder]

If battery voltage seems ok, you may want to try starting the bike in Neutral. It could be the kickstand switch. Set meter to ohms and check contacts with kickstand up and down, should go from high (or overload) to zero(or close to it) when stand is moved up and down.

 

[Wavex]

check all fuses.

Sounds like a fuse or fuel pump issue.

 

[Jessica]

yea so I am RETARDED!!!! You were right...I did hit the kill switch!! LMFAO!!

I should of been born a blonde!!

I am NEVER telling anyone I know I did that!!!

 

[chuckfz6ryder]

I didn't want to sound like a jerk suggesting it, but it's right near the throttle, and I think many of us have bumped into it at some point. Glad it was a minor problem and easily resolved.

 

[wolfe1down]

yea so I am RETARDED!!!! You were right...I did hit the kill switch!! LMFAO!!

I should of been born a blonde!!

I am NEVER telling anyone I know I did that!!!

Clearly, there was a Gremlin in the system...

 

[Fred]

I am NEVER telling anyone I know I did that!!!

So how much are you paying us to not tell on you?

Seriously, go to the racetrack sometime and see just how many racers tape their killswitch in the ON position.

They do this because they make this mistake too. So don't think that you're incompetent (or any more incompetent than a race rider).

Cheers,
Fred

 

[sxty8goats]

yea so I am RETARDED!!!! You were right...I did hit the kill switch!! LMFAO!!

I should of been born a blonde!!

I am NEVER telling anyone I know I did that!!!

Don't feel bad. I did that twice yesterday. Not while riding but on start up. Started the bike to let it warm up, geared up, climbed on, hit the kill as I reached for the bars.

And the other day I couldn't figure out why she wouldn't start. Sitting on the bike, in gear, Kill in the proper position, clutch pulled in. Dead. Took me @ a minute of fussing around before I realized I had my kick stand down. We all make mistakes. Just be happy it was a simple ooops and not a real problem

 

[joe1971]

A guy here at work damn near rebuilt his ignition system, before he noticed that little red switch.:rof: Yes I laughed at him just like I'm laughing at you:innocent:

 

[champion221elite]

If battery voltage seems ok, you may want to try starting the bike in Neutral. It could be the kickstand switch. Set meter to ohms and check contacts with kickstand up and down, should go from high (or overload) to zero(or close to it) when stand is moved up and down.

Very good info! I experienced this exact problem that chuckfz6ryder described when pulled my FZ6 out of storage in April 2009.

I was all geared up and ready to ride. I raised the side stand and dropped the gear selector into first and the engine immediately died. I repeated the process a few times and the engine continued dying when the bike was put in gear.

I put the bike on the centerstand and found the kill switch attached to the side stand was killing the motor even in the raised position.

I had a can of electrical contact cleaner and sprayed it on the kill switch attached to the side stand. I moved the side stand back and forth from the raised position to the lowered position. The contact cleaner did it's job because it immediately began functioning normally and has not given me a single problem in over a year now.