Last owner said he charged the battery and drove it over a week ago. now it won't start. It makes a quick click but really doesn't try to turn over. I have never had a bike with this much electronics. Am I doing something wrong?
Try rechargeing the battery, it sounds like it might take a charge but not hold it. The click is probably the solenoid trying to kick the starter in but not having enough juice to manage it.
If you can get the battery to take a charge and the bike starts, but the problem repeats itself, replace the battery. If you can't get the battery to take a charge at all, replace it or have it tested at your local service station.
Good luck.
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sorry didn't actually see the post before my first comment, if it is only when the bike is warm or hot but not over heated I would suspect the same thing, faulty starter. "replace or rebuild"
sitting is the worst thing for a bike. you have a bad battery. if you have to leave the bike for a long time, put it on a battery tender or at least start it up once a week. the gas will go bad in the fuel system and the battery will fail. also, when you get a battery, make sure to get a good one from the dealer, dont get the cheap ones from walmart or autozone. a factory battery will last 2-5 years. you will be lucky to get 1 year from a cheap battery.
get the dealer to sort this out as taking it apart yourself could invalidate the warranty. its classed as third party interferance, and as you are not a kawasaki mechanic they could wash their hands of the warranty.
if it wont charge it most likely has a bad battery...if you just bought it, I would suggest returning it for a replacement. Make the vendor or manufacturer make good on their product.
The clicking is normal when a battery is low; the starter solenoid doesn't have enough voltage to engage fully so it just clicks. If you blew a fuse, there would be NO power at all to the solenoid or starter. The extremely low state of charge of the battery is sucking all the juice from the car battery and the battery doesn't want to give it up to the starter until it has a sufficient charge. Hooking up to a car is bad because a car battery has 40+ amps. The bike battery only has 4+ amps. You can burn out the windings in the starter and generator, ( or alternator, whichever your bike has ), by overloading with such high amperage. It can also mess up the bike's voltage regulator and rectifier. Just go out and buy a 2amp trickle charger and let the battery charge up overnight. Be sure there is water covering the top of the plates in each battery cell. Also, bike batteries only last for about two years. After that they don't want to take a charge and sometimes a battery will develop an internal short and will drain any charge very quickly. Time for a new battery. PLEASE rate my answer. Thanks.
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