Need Help With My Kawasaki Zx11

[Doomking]

Hi

I have a 2003  Kawasaki Zx11D

It has been running fine until today.

Got up to go to work, started the bike as usual, went down the street to the gas station to gas up.

Stopped the engine, filled up, turned ignition key to on position, lights on dash board on everything as usual.

Pressed the START button, and the bike went dead.

 

So took bike apart at the station, and there is an electric module next to the fuse box. Checked all the fuses and they were all ok.

After few minutes the power came back on its own.

Pressed the Start button and again the bike went dead, like there was a short and you can hear a little clicking noise to the before mentioned module.

Waited a few more minutes and the power came back on once again.

I pushed start the bike and off I went to work.

Came back home the same way.

 

Any idea on what's going on? Did I confuse you guys enough?

 

All the help will be as usual greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

Fabio

[baggyp]

Sounds like a loose ground. I had something like this happen and the battery lead was bad.

[Tonik]

Remove both battery connections and clean them and tighten then back down. It's almost always that.

[ridein]

Nice bike I had a 1993 ZX11 D1 put a 112,000 miles on it.How old is the battery that,s what was wrong with mine.I think you put the wrong year it looks like a 1993...Do the lights go dim when you hit the starter button.

[Doomking]

Thanks for the replies.

Both battery cables are on and secure and the lights do not dim when I started the bike.

The battery is pretty new.

Could it be a bad starter's solenoid?

 

thanks for the help..

 

Fabio

[mfs81]

Great advice to learn from if I experience this..

Keep us posted what u fine and GL!

Edited July 13, 2013 by mfs81

[max power]

I would suspect the solenoid after checking all the grounds and battery connections.

Also test the battery. Even if nearly new, the batteries they make these days are shit.