Wow! You added a "few quarts of oil" because you figured you were low. Do you have any idea how much damage you can do if you overfill your oil? You do know there is a sight glass, don't you? I'd do a full electrical check including checking your AC output on your stator wires. There's a lot of good info in the service manual on how to do this. If I had to guess, I'd say your R/R is bad or stator is gone.

Mark
99 R1

ps What's the history on the bike? Any recent work on it or did you just fill the tank?

 

Appreciate the feedback, but it would've been stupid of me not to check the sightglass before adding oil, and there wasn't any in the sightglass when i straightened it up

 

Dumb question I know but It Happens, It's not out of gas?

 

Water/contaminates in your fuel

 

Bad fuel pump would cause the same thing.

 

Good call :thumbup

I had that happen on my last bike.

 

Most likely not charging, put a battery charger on it while trying to run it. Drain oil, and fill to top line on sight glass window,then recheck after running. Correct oil level FIRST ! Oil light would have come on if low,not engine light. Engine light is for when bikes computer senses a problem. Should be showing a problem code as well on dash.

 

Off Idle it runs! Just dies at idle?

 

Haven't attempted today, but from my last tries when you turn it on, all the gauges and lights come on, as soon as you hit the starter, it'll crank over for a second, then immediately die off.
There was a situation where i let it sit for a hour or so, cranked it over it idled for 5ish seconds and then died.

If I potentially ran out of oil while riding, could I have caused there to be metal shards in my oil which could cause this issue?

 

How much oil did you have to add ? Put it on a battery charger and try running it. Make sure you have fuel, aftermarket fuel caps that aren't venting properly will cause this too. Open tank,check for fuel and try starting while on a charger.

 

I'm gonna go ahead and try that and look into everything everyone suggested.
Thanks for the input so far everybody

 

Sounds like dead battery to me :dunno

 

+1^ BATTERY And maybe a charging problem.

 

You said the check engine light came on... What's the code? And if you swapped batteries with a friend and the bike still died, then we can safely rule out the battery :lol Dump all the oil from the bike, change the oil filter, get that squared away. I would even dump the gas in the tank if it has been in there for too long or went through some drastic temperature changes. Did you check your coolant condition and levels? I would cover all the basics before trying to get all philosophical with the troubleshooting :dunno

 

It doesn't sound as if anything can be (ruled out) at this point. It sounds like a multiple problem.

 

Did this get resolved?

 

Haven't had time to really look it over since i have classes and all, but definitely gonna take it apart on friday with a friend.
So I looked over all the posts and i noticed i meant to say oil light instead of CEL.
I took a good battery today from another R1 and put it in the bike and tried to turn it on, when i turned the key, lights all came on, signals functioned, but when i tried to start the engine, this time it couldn't couldn't crank over, and wouldn't start at all.

First thing im going to do is dump the oil, and we will see from there.
Now i'm somewhat worried that the engine may have locked up?

 

Solved -
Yesterday, we checked the oil, checked all the wiring, the rectifier, and all electricals we could think of.
In the end, we removed the engine cover and the crank shaft sensor was loose, which was causing it to slightly turn on and then immediately die.

Thanks everyone for the help and support!

 

Theres helping out and being a smart ass...

Off Topic is for smart asses and messing around, Mechanical help should really be just that... JMO

 

I wasn't being a smart ass. If someone overfilled my motor by two quarts, I would appreciate advice suggesting a new/different mechanic.