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Fires up beautifully with the car battery connected via jumper leads. Hopefully it’s just a faulty battery. Will replace and fingers crossed, problem solved

In hindsight the car was running, assuming I should check if it fires up with the car engine off as well before jumping the gun?

Thanks Rob, that’s very helpful.

I’ll try using my car battery first, things tick those steps off. Fingers crossed.

I’m hoping the gurus can help with a starter fault that I’m experiencing on my 85 R80 RT. When attempting to starting off a fully charged battery I get a few clicks, occasionally a turning over of the engine but then she dies. It’s draining the battery down to 9v while and switching off. The bike ha...

Hi all First time poster here. I’ve recently purchased a 1985 BMW R80. Indicators, horn and rear brake light were working, however they stopped suddenly. The indicator did flicker fast before packing up. The strange thing is that they work when the high beam flash is depressed. Relay switch is worki...