1998 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 classic will not start, battery 12v good, Fuses good,no instrument lights. Removed battery and started bike with jumper cables from my car and the bike started fine. removed cables and the bike quit running. Used a volt meter on pos and neg 12v with key off, turned key to on position and voltage dropped to .5 volts. Please help!

right at the clutch lever on the bars there is three wires that clip into the clutch make sure it is in there good

try cleaning the start button inside the housing as weather gets in and could be a dirty contact ! check the earth contacts around the engine also ! are the wires to the solinoid in good condition , battery wires also ?

TO ALL VN1500 OWNERS....This once happen to me,
I went to the garage to start the bike "Nothing ""The first thing is the lights are bright but no turning over,Next you think the solenoid is kaput but the answer was very simple and the fix takes 30 seconds..
Do not take the bike to bits looking for other problems and look at the clutch leaver and you will see some wires going into a plastic shroud going into the switch in the clutch leaver, Make sure this has not popped out if its connection as it some times may do after a few years due to constant turning on the handlebars,
When this is not connected you will have a bike that will not fire up but comes alive and you will hear a clicking noise but this is from the engine carb area and every function of the bike will work but it will not turn over, Worth looking at and saves sixteen quid for a starter unit you never needed.

??..Can you pull the bearing out? Is it held in with a snap ring?

Get one of these... it WILL answer your question and show you how to do anything on your bike! Good luck...

Clymer Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 1987 1999

Most modern bikes will not start unless the battery is charged. Battery is probably dead, and you rectifier is most likely dead too. change those out with ones known to work and see if that changes it.

The engines are the same, depending on model of the 2001 if its a classic then I'm sure it will, I would go to Vance & Hines's web site and check there fit on exhaust for a 1998 verses a 2001 you'll probably see that it carrys the same part number.

i,m not sure about kawasaki, but honda change things slightly every 2 years ust enough to make this sort of thing hard to do,,if you can offer one up from a friends bike and see what it needs ,it might mean making some bracket changes,try a motorcycle breaker and see if they can help.

good luck

The stock plug was an NGK-DPR6EA9. However, some bikes had NGK-DPR5EA9 as stock. I would start with the ...6EA9 and then go to the ...5EA9 if a hotter plug is needed.

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no power to the coils, check fuses