Speedmaster refuse to start.

Bluemarlin said:
I still think Triumph should put a kickstart on those bonnies! There is no better feeling than throwing your weight up and coming down on that kickstarter! As long as it starts on the first kick!
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My old 67 TR6C still starts on the last kick every time.
 
Sadly I do not have any friends bike around to test the battery that way. Is there any other way to detect battery power? or check the relay is working or not??
 
When you turn ignition to on you should have lights and signals if the battery is putting out juice. That's how you know if there is any power. It won't tell you if it has enough power to turn over the starter though. Make sure your battery terminals are secure with no corrosion on them. Clean them up and tighten if they are.

If no lights or electrics work with ignition ON and kill switch OFF, then you best look at your fuses, wiring, relays, coils and plugs. Hopefully, it will be an obvious blown fuse or nicked wire. If not, it can be a real ball buster to track down and you may have to bring her to a shop if you don't have the skills to do it.

Good luck!
 
When you turn the key on do any lights come on? If they do then push your horn button. If it blows loud and clear your battery is fine. If it does not then your battery has failed the test and needs to be hooked up to a charger that you can buy in a Walmart for $15 or if your bike is carbuerated as I suspect, you can actually push start it by pushing it down hill and then jumping on it and putting it into gear; first or second will work and you have to be ready for a sudden surge in acceleration as the engine kicks in and comes to life, hopefully! 8)
 
I've run into the problem with the America and Speedmaster more then once, and it sounds like the same thing.

The harness at the fuse box is stretched tight, and I've found that the wire for the main fuse (30Amp) pulls out of the fuse box just enough to lose all power. I've had to replace three harnesses under warranty over the past three years.

I would take a look at the fuse to see if you have power at both sides of it with a test light. If it doesn't, remove the fuse box and see if one of the wirse pulls out of the box. You can fix it by using an external inline fuse holder.
 

Thanks people for the responses...When I turn on the switch all the lights turn on properly including indicators and horn honks loud too though I can feel the headlights are little dull but can't realy say its because of weak battery.
 

Thanks but excuse me for asking this dumb question. Wher is the fuse for speedmaster located actually? Also the assembly over battery is hard to open and I could not see the toolbox or its assembly...I bought this motorcycle as pre-owned so do not have much idea. Any good manuals for Speedmaster???
 
OK, the fuse box is directly to the right of the battery box when looking at the bike from the right side, by the ignition switch. If you pull gently at the lower part of the cover, the post will pull out of the rubber gromet exposing the fuse box and more of the ignition switch.

The bike doesn't come with a tool kit, just one allan wrench to take the seat off. To remove the battery cover, you need a T30 torx along with the allan wrench. First you remove the screw at the lower part of the fake chrome air filter. Once that's removed, there's two more screws, and the rear of that trim is held by post and gromet. Then you can use the T30 to remove the battery strap /holder.

You may want to join the Bonnie America /Speedmaster forum. Great group of folks over there dedicated to the bikes. Lots of good info to be found.

http://www.bonnevilleamerica.com/forums/ubbthreads.php
 
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