Motorcycle Repair: 1993 Kawasaki Ninja 600 Wont Start, kawasaki ninja 600, starter solenoid

Question
Hello, I have a 1993 kawasaki ninja 600 that won't start.  I hooked a jump box to the posative and negative terminals and the lights worked and turn signals and everything else but the bike would not turn over.  I heard no noises when I tried to start the bike.  Let me know if you know anything about this. Thanks

Answer
When you press the START button you should hear the starter solenoid click. If it doesn't click the problem is probably either the solenoid itself, dirty contacts in the START button or the wiring between them.

Information on how to test these parts should be in your shop manual. If you don't have a shop manual you should get one - your bike is an antique and you will have a hard time finding a shop that will work on it. The sad fact is that a lot of the mechanics working now are too young to remember bikes this old and aren't interested in learning about them so that they can do a proper job since yours may be the only one they see this year. This means that you will have to do most of your own work, and working on a bike without a good shop manual is just not worth the headaches. (My bikes are from the same era - that's why I fix them myself.)

I recommend that you get two manuals - a Factory Shop Manual and a Haynes or Clymer. That way when you don't understand the explanation in one you will probably figure it out when you have read the other too. If you spend some time on Google you might even find a factory manual available for free download.