UPDATE FIXED: Brahma won't start darn it.

[TURBO200R4]

Sounds like a fuel issue, pump, hose, filter, no fuel, etc..

yes
open gas lid and turn on key to run kill switch on
and listen to see if fuel pump running for two seconds

 

[Boog]

There is plenty of fuel. I will take the cap off tomorrow to ascertain the fuel pumps sound better. Just listening otherwise, it sounds normal.

 

[Kevin frazier]

Take filters off and look in throttle bodies for fuel spraying when you hit start button, and hold throttle open, checking injectors and eliminating fuel as an issue, fuel injectors run on 5 volt I believe

 

[TURBO200R4]

Take filters off and look in throttle bodies for fuel spraying when you hit start button, and hold throttle open, checking injectors and eliminating fuel as an issue, fuel injectors run on 5 volt I believe

12 volts

 

[TURBO200R4]

There is plenty of fuel. I will take the cap off tomorrow to ascertain the fuel pumps sound better. Just listening otherwise, it sounds normal.

A little bit of water in the tank will reek havoc

 

[TURBO200R4]

The problem is that every time you have a problem there are so many things that can cause the problem.
And that my friend is why there is a shortage of good mechanics
I can tell you when us old timmers hang up our wrenches the young people is going to be in big trouble.

 

[Boog]

BLUF: I F'd it up. It was a crossed wire.

Thanks Herman for detailing the troubleshooting steps for me. And I still don't have the correct electrical diagnostic tools, but they are on the list...

Kevin, your idea about checking the throttle bodies for spray led me to think I screwed something up with the electronics that operate the injectors. There was no spray at all on any port. I threw in the towel and took the bike to a shop that can do actual, correct work; Brookes Cycles in Chantilly near @Joesmoe.

I gave them all the details leading up to the no start situation. Nick is the guy working on the bike and he called me asking if I had been doing battery work on the bike. Well, I installed a new battery thinking the three-year-old battery was failing. He told me I had incorrectly moved the positive lead for the PCV to the negative cable. That prevented any electricity going to the injectors. Whoops, that will do it.

But wait, there is more. I also broke the positive post on the new battery. I have so many connectors coming from that lead that I needed a longer screw. That long screw pushing into the battery frame and dislodged the positive post. So now I have a new, new battery and Brahma runs like his normal self again.

Thank you all for your words here and the good thoughts. My life has become to busy to be able to think straight at times and this one bit me hard. You are the best.

 

[Kevin frazier]

Im glad you got it, i wish you would have told us no fuel, we could have walked you off cliff, help you pick up thrown items and may have asked if youve done anything to Brahma lately we love ya