03 won't crank

Yesterday I changed the oil and when I was running the bike to check the oil level, I heard some clicking coming from under the seat. Didn't think too much of it since it only lasted a few seconds and then stopped. I shut the bike off and parked it for the night. Got up this morning and got nothing but that clicking and that's it. I get the cluster and no codes on the display with the key on but the bike will not start!! :mad: I tried to push start but with the bike in gear and the clutch in, the rear wheel would drag. What's up? http://www.motogrid.com/pages/parts/viewbybrand/2/yamaha.aspx

could be the main relay. . .check that. . .it's generally what would make the clicking sound. . .without error codes it's hard to point in the right direction, but try the starter relay and the main relay first. . .that's where the majority of the problems end up being based on what I've seen on this forum and at the shop that I worked at.

Thanks man....I'll check that in the morning.

Any ideas about the rear wheel dragging? Even when it's on the stand and the clutch in, it takes a good push on the wheel to get it to turn.

How much resistance are we talking about here. . .a pretty good amount of resistance is normal to begin with. . .give me an idea of how hard it is to roll and I'll get mine up on the stand and compare. Check your chain to start off with. . .if you've got it too tight it will increase the rolling resistance and is as equally bad as an overly loose chain. . .if it's not the chain. . .how old is the clutch. . .is it releasing all the way. . .is the resistance the same in neutral with the clutch in as it is in gear with the clutch in. . .if it's not pretty close then it could be that your clutch is dragging a little bit. . .you could also check the wheel bearings and make sure that they are adequately greased and that they spin freely with the wheel off the bike (I wouldn't think that this is your problem, but on a sidenote the Japanese manufacturer's do not generally adequately grease the bearings from the factory). If it's none of the above will have to bust out a service manual and start thinking more about it. . .unless someone else has had this problem and remembers what their problem was.

The clutch is the original one. It's to the point now where you have to grab it with both hands and realy pull up on the tire to get it too spin. It also shifts through the gears with a little bit of difficulty. Folks at work think it's the starter itself.

The clutch is the original one. It's to the point now where you have to grab it with both hands and realy pull up on the tire to get it too spin. It also shifts through the gears with a little bit of difficulty. Folks at work think it's the starter itself. How many miles on the bike??? I didn't think of the starter. . .I'll see what I can dig up. . .that's a lot of resistance.

I finally got it going today...it was a bad starter relay. Thanks for the suggestion on what to look at. As far as the resistance goes, it's still a mystery why that happened. After I replaced the relay and cranked it up, the rear wheel began to move normally in gear.