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Old Sep 14, 2009 | 02:10 AM
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Is the reason for my bike not starting possibly cuz the battery may be dead even though my start button sticks in when I push it I'm lost guys help me out thanks
 
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Old Sep 14, 2009 | 02:59 AM
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Yep could be.
Try cleaning the starter button as suggested using electrical contact cleaner, you can even some that has a light lube mixed in. Stick your battery on a good trickle charger & I mean trickle charge, overnight (longer the better).
Reason that your starter button is sticking is most likely just crud build up & a good blast of cleaner (using the plastic fit in nozzle) should get it back to ok.
Do that before you put the charged battery in, you don't want the button getting stuck if your bike fires up. Charging the battery will eliminate that from the list of suspects for your bike not firing.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 02:10 AM
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How do I clean the starter button though
 
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 02:50 AM
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You can get "Switch & Lube" "Electrical" cleaner from a good electrical shop, It comes with a thin plastic tube that fits into the nozzle.
You have to undo the screws (can't remember if 1 or 2) so that you can separate the switch housing from the bars. What you have now is access to back end of the switches, be careful here, if its because of the buggered spring that's come off, this will be when it falls out. Now just a matter of hitting it with a good spray, don't worry to much excess amount of fluid that comes out of the can, as it dissipates really quickly (it won't cause any arching).
Once you have given it a good squirt (& assuming that every thing else is intact) just a matter of putting the mating pieces back together on the bars, put the screws back in & start moving the switch in & out, with luck the crud (or enough of it) will have gone & the switch will start working normal.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 10:40 AM
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Ok uh one more question last night I found a wire hanging from what look to be the switch assembly and the I saw two little prongs that looked like the wire was suppose to connect to it so are they suppose to be connected
 
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