Weird problem

Hi all I have this weird problem. when I pull in the clutch lever the starter turns over, like is should when I press the start button not every time it's random. This only happens when the key is turned on.

Sounds like a short in the wire going to or from the Starter button in/on the hand bar.

Sounds like a short in the wire going to or from the Starter button in/on the hand bar.

Sounds like your starter button doesn´t (always) return correctly when you stop pressing it. There´s a safety switch on the clutch lever, the wire from the starter button to the starter solenoid runs through this switch so you can´t activate the starter without pulling the clutch - this is to prevent you from accidentally starting the bike in gear and possibly make it roll off the stand. If the starter button is hanging, the starter solenoid will be activated every time you pull the clutch and the starter motor will turn over. Disassemble the right handlebar control and check if the starter button return spring is broken or missing, or if dirt is causing the button to hang, it´s all mechanical in there and pretty easy to fix.

Btw, it should only happen when the ignition key and kill switch are on, when either is off there´s no power through the starter button.

Post edited by: OnkelB, at: 2006/09/18 17:12

Yeah, what he said. Does your bike have a safety switch built into the clutch lever? (So that the starter won't engage unless the clutch lever is pulled)... Sounds like your starter button is shorting out, and the switch on the clutch lever is working as a backup. Then again, I like talking out my a$$.
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OnkelB wrote:

Sounds like your starter button doesn´t (always) return correctly when you stop pressing it. There´s a safety switch on the clutch lever, the wire from the starter button to the starter solenoid runs through this switch so you can´t activate the starter without pulling the clutch - this is to prevent you from accidentally starting the bike in gear and possibly make it roll off the stand. If the starter button is hanging, the starter solenoid will be activated every time you pull the clutch and the starter motor will turn over. Disassemble the right handlebar control and check if the starter button return spring is broken or missing, or if dirt is causing the button to hang, it´s all mechanical in there and pretty easy to fix.

<br><br>Post edited by: OnkelB, at: 2006/09/18 17:12

I have pretty much unwraped the whole harness, I am at the handle bars now. Those wires going to the kill switch are a bugger to get out of the bars. I plan on cleaning the contects real good and going through the whole harness. Good info on the clutch switch and start switch working together, The guy at the local Kawai deaaler sugested that I bypass the nuetrel safty switch (in the tranny?). Man I wish I could just get a new harness with an updated fuse panel and call it a day.

Oh yeah here is what I am working on

Good call on that one I had a chance to pull the wireing out today and you were right the spring for the start button was mushed, I pulled it out some and it seems to be working good and I hope it holds shape. But ya know while I have the whole shabang disassembled I am going to clean up all of the contacts while I'm in there.
It just so happens I bought 4 cans of CRC electric contact cleaner for $1.45 ea today, now if I could find my emeory cloth. and di-electric grease....

Hey nice bike, 650's are it.

Nice little welder I see, how you like it?

The welder is fun I am still learning how to use it.
Here are some pics of my progres
Striped wire harness

The harness doesn't look to bad

I wish i knew where i could get some new wire (OEM stripe) So I could make a new harness, I just don't like the bullet connectors. I found a 1.5v and a 2.0v drop between the battery and the rear tail lights alone