At my last hare scramble which was this past Sunday, my 2nd on my new '09 FE450, after they played the National Anthem and when it's done everyone fires up their bikes to get them warmed up just before they start calling off the rows, I hit the E-start and NOTHING. I pressed it multiple times, rocked the bike back and forth, nothing, nada, zilch, zero - crap, my race is over before it even starts, I just drove 4 hours to line up at the start, then load up and head back home another 4 hours. :evil: Thinking I better solve this quick before the flag drops, I pulled the quick release seat pull - thank god for for that, no tools required - and did a quick once-over. I basically just jiggled the electrics in there, tried the E-start again, and it fired! I didn't really have time to diagnose any further, as long as it's working that's good enough for now. I put the seat back on, let it warm up a bit, and about 2 minutes later they were calling my row. Fortunately, the bike fired up at the dead engine start and generated no further drama during the race.
After I got home, I checked and sure enough both battery terminals were loose, but not sloppy loose. I hope that was the problem, it was definitely not a good feeling being on the start line, the seconds counting down and my bike unable to turn over or even click to show even meager signs of life.
