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After the bike had been sitting in my garage for over a year I decided to take it out for a spin. The battery had been on the charger the whole time and it was fine, I added 5 gallons of fresh fuel and attempted to start it. The starter turned the engine fine but it would not start, no gas smell...

While attempting to remove and replace the engine guard, I buggered the lower plug. I did not know it at the time and tried to start the bike. No go. Read here that when you do that, you trash the coil (energy has not place to go), so I replaced both the plug and the lower coil. Still no...

Back from a 2 week vacation after 1000 miles on my 'new' 2007 GSA and it will not start. No engine check or warning signs, everything looks like it will start up as usual. The fuel, lights, Neutral and other electrics on the display work, so its not a flat battery. But the starter button has no...

This morning I put the key in my 2006 1200GS. All lights appeared on consol and the usual tests performed, ABS blinking, Neutral engaged, I pressed the start button and the motor turned over for one second seemingly about to start then everything just went dead. No slow dying sound - it went...

Hi, I have a 2007 GS Adventure that is giving me some trouble when I am trying to start it. With the bike in neutral, stand down and key turned to the on position the instrument cluster will not light up and the bike shows no sign of life. Sometimes it takes 5 or so attempts to get the cluster...