Rocket won't crank

[patk1000]

Please help, I have a 06 classic. Yesterday I rode it to work in the morning and it started great, just like always. At noon, I went to go for lunch and when I turned the key, the gauges go through the motions, but when I hit the starter button, I get nothing but a very faint click. I tried jumping it and same results. I pulled the battery out and tested it and it is good. Is there a relay that could be bad or am I looking at a wiring harness issue???

Any help would be appreciated, the nearest dealer is about 200 miles away.


From what some of you have described, I believe it is the ignition switch. I have checked the battery and it is holding a good charge and puts out 13.8volts. I will definitely check all of the connections first, but it sounds like the switch. I do have the relocation mod done to my switch so it is below my left leg. I can't remember how much of a pain is was to get it out of there, but I will pull it out and take a look at it. I will also check out the bypass so this does not happen again.

Thanks for your help, I will post again when I figure out this problem. It is a bummer that we only get like 10 decent riding days in ND each year and I will be fixing my bike on a few of them :-(

 

[pjsmithres]

Happened to me.
Tried to start and click, then faint click twice, then no click.
Jumped from Toyota truck in the parking lot.
After I got home the tested battery had 11.8v and no start.
Changed battery. one bad cell.
Rocket needs more than 12V to start.
Fresh battery has 13.2 regularly.

 

[Blastedbones]

If he's had jumpers on it, it should start with them,if the problem was bad battery;so mebbe go thru IDK's check list above, + I guess, fuses.

 

[Captain Rich]

I had this symptom a few times as my Ignition Switch was going bad - try turning the handlebars in different positions and try starting her. If the wire can make any contact, it would start, but not when the bars were putting tension stress on the ignition wiring. The gauges would move but the starter would not engage - new switch fixed it right up.

 

[zenbiker]

Not sure what it is but am pretty sure what it is not.
If using jumper cables is ineffective, it is not the battery terminal connections nor is it a dead cell in the battery. When you use a jumper cable the juice goes straight through the cables even if the battery was totally dead so the problem has to be either the starter relay, the starter motor/solenoid or the ignition switch. Not the fuse. You would get zero current and no click with a blown fuse.
Assuming you have really checked all connections as idk has suggested and they are clean, tight, and dielectric greased....
I would start out by replacing the starter relay (cheap and easy )......then, the ignition switch and the starter in that order.
When you do find the problem, do the Eastern Beaver Relay kit to take the load off the ignition switch whether or that was the problem.
not that was the problem.
Then do this bypass of the ignition switch as well.

 

[Triple Trouble]

These are the exact symptoms of the white wire melted off the ignition switch. The switch can be pulled apart and fixed but without the relay kit it will happen again in short order. Very likely on a 2006 model.
P.S. I have run into a dead cell on a bike battery and it would not jump start though it is uncommon.

 

[berrypicker]

remove the small black wire on to of the starter ,fit a meter or a bulb between it and earth switch on ign and hit starter button should get power if not follow it backward ,the click you hear is probably the relay working ,mighy be worth checking the copper contacts inside the starter as these burn away so you get the click but no startee