'86 Honda Elite 150 won't start By callisto9 (Read 2,015 times)

[callisto9]

Got it two weeks ago. It's been running fine. Took it to the shop for a once over. They cleaned the carb, changed the gas, changed the filter, checked the coolant, etc. Had it out about 3-4 times since then and all is well. Coming home from a friend's house tonight and the turn signals stop working, but everything else is fine. Get home and turn it off and now it won't start. If I turn it on, the lights come on, but it won't turn over. There is nothing when I press the start button. 

Any ideas? They told me the battery was somewhat new, but that was a few years ago. 

[Alleyoop]

When you squeeze the brakes do your stop lights come on? Seeing as how the battery may be 2 or more years old, I would check it. If you have a multi meter test the battery just sitting there and see how many volts it registers, Also check the fuses.
Alleyoop

[callisto9]

It was a fuse! I never would have guessed it was that easy! 

[glavey]

Glad you got your scooter running again. Forgetting to check the easy/obvious stuff happens to all of us. One time I just couldn't get my scoot started, then I realized I had no gas in the tank. Another time none of the electrical stuff would work; I didn't even have a battery in the scoot.

[callisto9]

I am not overly mechanical, so it didn't even occur to me it could be a fuse.

There was one time my scoot wouldn't start and I sat there for a minute, panicking, before I realized the kill/run switch was set to OFF.