HELP - Not starting

Washed my bike last night (GSX1250FA), tried to start it this morning, and nothing. Goes through the tarting sequence, and everything looks fine, except:
1. The fuel pump does not come on
2. The Chec sign appears
3. Gear indicator have a dash rather than number.

Any ideas of what I can do. The troulesjooting section of the manual is useless.

Clutch switch? particularly if you have aftermarket levers,

Hey mate, yeah similar thing happen to me the other day (5am),got all stressed out,cursing and swearing then looked down and the red kill/ ignition switch was off

Must have hit it when washing it.(i only use the key)

Hope you get it sorted mate.

My vote is for the red "prepare for take off" switch

Then I'll move onto the "it's in gear with the stand down mate" or third the stand switch is causing grief.

Clutch switch IIRC won't give any indication except for not starting, ie press the starter and nothing happpens but all looks normal

Yes, its a fact, we have all done the ol' Kill Switch trick once or twice... my last effort was only a few hours ago.
Easy to do, easy to fix *sigh*....
I hope that was your only problem!

Kill switch can be a bastard if you squirted water near it.

Thanks Fellas.........

Well, got it sorted this morning, searched some more after I posted my first post, and saw a post on another forum about the kill switch........ thought, nooooo, I am not that stupid am I , well, some days I wonder how I learned to walk on my hind legs..... the bloody kill switch indeed.

Feel better now to know I am not the only one this has happened to

Same happened to me immediately after I had done my first TPS adjust and throttle body balance. Bike wouldn't start. Cacked myself for a few seconds.

Same as Coasting, I always use the key, one time wouldn't start, started getting all flustered & cursing etc, then found the kill switch had been bumped!

Me too ,key ,kill ,clutch in ,clutch switch ,side stand and neutral its a lot .
Ive noticed if you adjust throttle cable on the move your glove presses the kill switch to stop .

I think we all dread this scenario. That damn kill switch (why it remains on road bikes in this day and age is beyond me - cars don't have an equivalent) is so innocuous that we forget it's there. It only gets used by ??? (1 in a xx road bike users - different for off-roaders for sure, and no problems there). If it has to remain, surely it is a simple matter for the now common LCD display (or a light) to warn you that it is in the off position (like a pc warns you when caps lock is on).

Ewok1958 wrote:I think we all dread this scenario. That damn kill switch (why it remains on road bikes in this day and age is beyond me - cars don't have an equivalent) is so innocuous that we forget it's there. It only gets used by ??? (1 in a xx road bike users - different for off-roaders for sure, and no problems there). If it has to remain, surely it is a simple matter for the now common LCD display (or a light) to warn you that it is in the off position (like a pc warns you when caps lock is on).

Maybe CHK meand Check Handlebar Kill switch

Perfect 2WA - copyright that ASAP.