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Old Sep 3, 2018 | 01:37 PM
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As soon as I turn the key in the on position the bike starts turning over trying to start and it will if I have the on button running, thinking the starter switch is bad????
 
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Old Sep 3, 2018 | 01:41 PM
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starter button shorting........whereby engine starts.
 
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Switch or starter relay no good.
 
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What model and year machine?
 
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Old Sep 3, 2018 | 02:48 PM
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Hi and welcome to the forum. Feel free to ask questions but also feel free to including the following information every time all the time....helps us help you...
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As to your problem, probablly some corrosion inside the rt control, starter button causing a short ....
 
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Old Sep 3, 2018 | 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan89FLSTC
What model and year machine?

2000 superglide fxd
 
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Originally Posted by crusader1xxx
As to your problem, probablly some corrosion inside the rt control, starter button causing a short ....

Not a short.

A short is when the current finds a return path to the source before it reaches the electrical component, the component will not work if its circuit has a short.

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Get out your voltmeter.

Pull the starter relay from its connector, find pin no 85 on the relay, then find the corresponding female terminal on the connector where pin 85 goes into.

Turn ignition switch on.

Read voltage at the connector that pin 85 goes into, there should be no voltage reading.

Press the start button, you should now read system voltage at the connector.

If the connector reads system voltage all the time (with ignition switch on), the start switch is at fault.

If the connector only reads system voltage when the start button is pressed (ign switch on), suspect the starter relay.
 
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And this is why you use the kill switch if you park your bike in gear.
 
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Originally Posted by RANGER73
And this is why you use the kill switch if you park your bike in gear.
doesnt matter if the kill switch is off, still try’s to fire up
 
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