Won't start!

[Cunningham]

Couple weeks ago I got the dreaded "click click click" when trying to start. Did some research and decided to add the extra starter relay, 'cause that seemed like the easiest one to start with (no pun intended). No love. Checked the starter motor and it seemed to be faulty, so I went with the "Toyota starter rebuild fix". Only after hooking cables to the CunningRam 1500, did I get half a chug upon pressing the starter button. Seems like I'm just not getting enough power to the starter motor. Time to take it to the pros, or is there something else an amateur might be able to address?

 

[atomsplitter]

Battery. It might be reading 12 volts, but the amps are too low to start the bike would be where I start. The next option is the key barrel has desoldered to the point contact isn't being made. The 2004 to 2010 bikes had the headlight powered thru the ignition key barrel and had a bad habit of overheating the solder joints. That's where I'd be looking on a 06 Gen 1 bike.

 

[Mittzy]

As @atomsplitter has suggested is also my thoughts. To confirm with a multimeter check voltage on battery before cranking then during your cranking attempt. If the voltage drops below 9v your ECU will be shutting off due to voltage being too low hence only getting a "Clunk". I would also recheck the wiring to the extra relay mod. All is looking towards the battery being low or bad. Have you tried charging the battery? How old is the battery? if more than a few years it maybe time to replace. Remove the battery and take to a battery shop for testing and replace if required.

 

[Wdugan9080]

I had the same problem. Think I found the problem, was going to check the ground, checked the continuity of the ground and it was good, went further and pulled out the starter relay and it looked a little gummed up, pulled it out and put in a few times and it starts right up now, hopefully that was it, going to clean it better when I get a chance and add dielectric grease that was easy

 

[Cunningham]

As @atomsplitter has suggested is also my thoughts. To confirm with a multimeter check voltage on battery before cranking then during your cranking attempt. If the voltage drops below 9v your ECU will be shutting off due to voltage being too low hence only getting a "Clunk". I would also recheck the wiring to the extra relay mod. All is looking towards the battery being low or bad. Have you tried charging the battery? How old is the battery? if more than a few years it maybe time to replace. Remove the battery and take to a battery shop for testing and replace if required.

Had the battery checked a few months ago when I had trouble starting in the cold and Autozone said it was good. I've had the bike for nearly 3 years with the same battery.