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it has worked with the new switches, but not for long
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Anythings possible, but I would like to rule out everything and anything before jumping to conclusions and replacing my starter
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Ive checked a few spots, but the initial one would be I put my multimeter to the continuity setting, where it beeps, and I touched the positive probe to the positive terminal of the battery, and the negative probe to the inner primary, which is what the starter grounds off to. I was attempting to see if the inner primary has power going to it that would be shorting out the starter motor, and if so I would trace where its coming from and fix the connection or whatever the issue is. At least thats how i would like it to work out 😂
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Damn and while Im realizing Ive left out some important information heres some more. All of this started happening after swapping another motor into my bike. Old motor lost all compression in cylinder 1, my buddy had a motor that was rebuilt around a year ago and never installed so I took it off his hands instead of rebuilding mine since it made more financial sense.
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What was the original reason you decided to rebuild the solenoid?
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I rebuilt the solenoid due to the same symptoms Im experiencing now, when the solenoid engages, my bike loses all power for a few seconds then reboots
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From: Haslet Texas
I think you need to go back over your switch install as you could have pinched a wire that took just a bit of time to wear through.
FWIW when something goes wrong with my bike right after I changed something on it the cause is usually something I did.
FWIW when something goes wrong with my bike right after I changed something on it the cause is usually something I did.