B - I gotta welcome you and say your first question is not making much sense to me so I will babble and hope an answer that helps makes it out...
Starter solenoid check... The starter solenoid is a switch that closes when power is applied. There are TWO main lugs on a starter solenoid. One where the battery connections and the second where the starter cable connects. In addition, on most Kaw solenoids, there is a ground. The ground is sort of incidental and generally will connect to the regulator/rectifier but you can always run the ground off the reg/rec to a frame ground. The last wire connected to the solenoid is the trigger wire from the right hand switch gear starter button. There should be a black wire connected directly from the button to a soldered connection on the solenoid.
When the key is turned on, power goes to the starter button and you complete a connection when the button is pushed so that power runs to the solenoid trigger connection. The switch will close and battery power will flow across the switch to the starter cable. The starter grounds on the frame mounts (two bolts) in case you were wondering.
OK... first test. DOES STARTER WORK? All you need to do is take a piece of HEAVY wire or a screwdriver if you are feeling sporty and bridge it across the two big lugs on the solenoid... between the lug where the battery cable is connected and the starter cable connects. If the starter cranks (don't worry, engine can't start if the key is off), the starter is OK.
If the starter doesn't crank, either the starter is bad, the starter clutch is bad or the battery is dead.
If the starter DOES crank, do this... take a wire and touch the POS terminal on the battery and the little solder joint on the solenoid where the black wire connects. The starter should turn over as you just hot wired your bike's starter by closing the switch (hear a click?). If the nothing happens... no click, nothing, then the solenoid is likely toast. If you did get the engine to spin by doing this hotwire, the go to the next step!
OK... power for the trigger comes from the battery/fuse and goes to the ignition switch. When the switch is turned on, a wire from the switch heads over to the right hand switch gear and to the kill switch. Turn the key on. Open the switchgear. Put your multi meter POS lead (in VDC scale) and touch the IN to the kill switch and the NEG lead to the frame or other good ground. You should see 12VDC here. You can check the wire coming out of the kill switch with the kill switch in the on position or check where it goes down to the starter button. Make sure you have voltage here as well. You can put the POS lead on the OUT from the button which will be a black wire and PUSH the button in. There is a good possibility that the contacts need cleaning... if you can't find voltage out of the button, clean contacts... last, trace down to where the right had switch gear goes back into the main harness. There will be a big multipin connector. You can check for power here as well on the black wire with the kill switch on and start button pushed. Last, you can check back at the solenoid with the ignition on, the kill switch on and the start button pushed. Somewhere in there you will likely find there is no power where there should be and you can take steps to fix the problem, once located.
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