Top 20 1997 Suzuki VS 1400 Intruder Questions & Answers

Try jumping your cylonoid post with a screw driver if it starts you got a bad cylonoid more than likely,if not it could be the clutch safety switch.

Sounds as though your pads are not retracting slightly when brakes let off. You need to service and clean up the pistons as crud and road grime have probably built up around them.

must be battery that is goofed.

This is a very difficult system to bleed due to the angle of the master cylinder mounting. Start by positioning the m/cyl on the handlebar where it is level with the ground. Remove the line from the m/cly and use your finger as a bleed screw to bleed the m/cyl first. Cover the hole while pumping, hold lever and release finger to release pressure, recover hole before releasing lever just as tightening a bleed screw. Repeat untill good pressure is achieved. Cap and reposition m/cyl in the threaded hole up position so as not to loose the fluid. Reinstall hose. Move to banjo bolt at slave cylinder and continue bleeding using banjo bolt as bleeder location. Finally move to normal bleed screw to insure all air is out of system. This procedure will work provided the clutch itself has not been dissassembled and reassembled improperly. Good luck!

The tachs ground is anywhere on the frame. The coils ground is the mounting of it if all is metallic & not a plastic bracket as some are.
The connections for the rpm's will still register the same way

Yes it is easier to work if you do. The caliper will easily slide off the disc if left in place, but not quite so easy putting the wheel and disc back in. Here is the VS1400 Service Manual

Suzuki Intruder VS1400 Service Manual

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The most likely thing is a sticking clutch. With the ignition off, can you drop it into second gear and push it with the clutch pulled in? You say you put 'new petrol' in, so it sounds like it has been stored for a while. Clutches will often stick as the clutch plates have been under pressure for so long. Fully warm the engine before moving off until the plates free up.And it looks like you probably mean VS1400 not VS400!There is help herehttps://www.google.com/search?q=suzuki+intruder+vs1400+stalls+when+put+in+gear..

I would look to the main inline fuse

Probably a course thread metric sized.

This sounds like an issue with your clutch. It looks like you have a hydraulic clutch, so it may just need to be bled. As long as it is something in the clutch actuation, like the master or slave cylinders, it is not all that expensive. However, if it is a problem with the clutch itself, it can be an expensive fix. First thing to check is to see if the clutch fluid reservoir has fluid or not.

First check all battery cables and connections, no one may look loose , heated or oxydated. Jump the starter relay with a big diameter cable, if startermotor runs normally, replace the relay. Check the amperage starter takes when starting. if it's over 100A, then your starter or your engine is stuck.

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check main fuse

The carby butterflies or the carby levers to open and close the butterflies are stuck.

unfortunately not unless you want to do a tremendous amount of fabrication, welding and rechroming

remove the battery cover and then you can get to the 2 battery cables. remove those I do the ground first then the positive. pull the battery out and replace and install reverse order. before installing the covers. check the bike starts and the 2 battery cables are tight. those should be about 15 pounds of torque. which is not a lot. since it does not do anything but hold the wires it does not need the same tightness as a tire lug nut.

Feed it augmentation???

High miles, maybe brushes bad. Battery fully charged? Get the meter out and see if 12VDC or better. Solenoid faulty, check wires from battery to solenoid, then the 2 smaller trigger wires from solenoid to make sure they are connected and clean. First I would use a wrench or tool and jump across the 2 studs off the solenoid and see if starter engages, if not test battery for proper voltage or loose battery cables, if yes then inspect the 2 trigger wires, unplug them and use meter set to Ohm, on the end going to switch connect leads, press your starter button, does meter go to 0? If not the wires or the starter switch bad, if yes, then likely solenoid bad if voltage was good and battery connections were tight and clean. I have only seen 1 go bad on all the many bikes I have owned, but it happens..

i do my hayabusa to about 20ft lb and the lock nuts do the rest.

turn it off at the wall, leave it 5 mins, then turn it back on, this should clear any erroneous usb connections