Newbie mistake, please help!
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RE: Newbie mistake, please help!
When my bike runs with little battery (not enough to turn over the starter), it makes clicking and the tach rises. Whats that about?
good luck.
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RE: Newbie mistake, please help!
ORIGINAL: SIRR1
When the startersolenoid dies, the only thing it does is click.
Try jumping the solenoid posts with a screw driver.
Turn the key and bar switch torun, jump the solenoid terminals with a screw driver and see if the starter turns over..
Ifthe starter turns over using thisproceedureyou have a bad starter solenoid.
When the startersolenoid dies, the only thing it does is click.
Try jumping the solenoid posts with a screw driver.
Turn the key and bar switch torun, jump the solenoid terminals with a screw driver and see if the starter turns over..
Ifthe starter turns over using thisproceedureyou have a bad starter solenoid.
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RE: Newbie mistake, please help!
I would definately get the carbs fixed.... these things really don't like getting put away for long periods of time. The last time I stored mine for 2 months ( with sta-bil) it ran the battery out before it started..... I had to bump start it..... which leads to.... if you want to find out if it's a problem with the starting system or something else just take a few minutes ( or half an hour with crap carbs) and try to bump start it.... get on a hill, with the bike in 1st, pull in the clutch, get a running start, dump the clutch and it should turn over...... good luck
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RE: Newbie mistake, please help!
I've bump-started my bike many times, but a couple of times the battery was COMPLETELY dead, and the bike wouldn't start. And I was on a big hill. I think maybe the fuel pump had no power, and thus wouldn't send fuel to the carbs. Just a thought.
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RE: Newbie mistake, please help!
ORIGINAL: big10donjuan
I would definately get the carbs fixed.... these things really don't like getting put away for long periods of time. The last time I stored mine for 2 months ( with sta-bil) it ran the battery out before it started..... I had to bump start it..... which leads to.... if you want to find out if it's a problem with the starting system or something else just take a few minutes ( or half an hour with crap carbs) and try to bump start it.... get on a hill, with the bike in 1st, pull in the clutch, get a running start, dump the clutch and it should turn over...... good luck
I would definately get the carbs fixed.... these things really don't like getting put away for long periods of time. The last time I stored mine for 2 months ( with sta-bil) it ran the battery out before it started..... I had to bump start it..... which leads to.... if you want to find out if it's a problem with the starting system or something else just take a few minutes ( or half an hour with crap carbs) and try to bump start it.... get on a hill, with the bike in 1st, pull in the clutch, get a running start, dump the clutch and it should turn over...... good luck
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