gs1000 power drain?

[Guest]

right gs1000- connect fully charged battery (from my working gsx1100) and get all lights but when i hit the starter it struggles to turn over ive swaped the starter and solernoid and still the same it's like as soon as i put the battery on it somethings draining it straight away
any idears ppl?

[OldVet66]

Lots of ideas and hundreds of posts if not thousands on the same subject. Clean up your electrical system. You are spending all your power on corroded dirty electrical connections that cumulatively act like a huge load resistor in the circuit that robs all your power. You need to clean and inspect where necessary for replacement every switch, bullet connector, plug, ground and fuse box and coat all connections with dielectric grease. Fortunately most electrical connections can be cleaned an reused but the three stator leads, or stator plug are famous for burning and grounds can be a real problem. It takes going through the entire harness and fixing the problems you find. THEN you need to run all the charging system tests. Basic maintenance on an old bike is critical to having a nice running machine. You could have a battery drain, but from your description it could just as well be a huge drain on the battery just trying to use the starter motor. A good cleanup could easily fix all your problems or at least give you an accurate picture of what is going on without other things blurring the picture.

[JTGS850GL]

If the start motor is turning over then it's most likely one of the high current cables. Pay specific attention to the cables going to and from the starter solenoid. One goes to the battery while the other goes to the starter motor. Also make sure of the ground wires coming off the - side of the battery. All connections must have good solid and clean attachment points.