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Ok, I don't think this is the dreaded click although feel free to tell me I'm wrong. Every bike I've seen with the click problem is just that, a click with little or no amperage draw due to the solenoid not being able to pull in.
On my bike for the first start of each day, the starter pulls in hard and starts to turn the motor just a bit and then stops. There's a huge amperage draw and the headlight dims to just about nothing. Release the starter button, hit it again and it starts fine. It does this every day but only for the first start. After that, it starts just fine. Battery seems fine because if I don't choke it when it's cooled off a bit, it will crank well without starting until I let up and hit the enricher.
On my bike for the first start of each day, the starter pulls in hard and starts to turn the motor just a bit and then stops. There's a huge amperage draw and the headlight dims to just about nothing. Release the starter button, hit it again and it starts fine. It does this every day but only for the first start. After that, it starts just fine. Battery seems fine because if I don't choke it when it's cooled off a bit, it will crank well without starting until I let up and hit the enricher.
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Make sure the ground connections are good but if that has a Nippondenso starter, I would guess the solenoid contacts are toast. And possibly the solenoid plunger as well. Those parts are common and available at starter rebuilder shops. Cooter
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Opps I didn't know that machine used Italian starter. Disregard my other reply
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The starter relay provides the juice to actuate the starter solenoid, the solenoid provides the juice to run the starter motor.
If the relay is not working, the starter will do nothing.
Check the simple stuff first, be sure all electrical connections are clean and secure.
Make sure the charging system and battery are in good health.
Inspect the solenoid contacts.
Make sure the ground connections are good but if that has a Nippondenso starter, I would guess the solenoid contacts are toast. And possibly the solenoid plunger as well. Those parts are common and available at starter rebuilder shops. Cooter
The easiest way to spot a good starter shop: when you walk in, you will see old starters, generators and alternators all over the place, piles of them...If it looks like a disorganized junk yard full of this stuff, you are in the right place.
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It is not the starter relay (and what does being made in Italy have to do with it?).
The starter relay provides the juice to actuate the starter solenoid, the solenoid provides the juice to run the starter motor.
If the relay is not working, the starter will do nothing.
Check the simple stuff first, be sure all electrical connections are clean and secure.
Make sure the charging system and battery are in good health.
Inspect the solenoid contacts.
The starter relay provides the juice to actuate the starter solenoid, the solenoid provides the juice to run the starter motor.
If the relay is not working, the starter will do nothing.
Check the simple stuff first, be sure all electrical connections are clean and secure.
Make sure the charging system and battery are in good health.
Inspect the solenoid contacts.
Italian electronics suck.
Despite Dr. Hess voicing the same opinion in a different thread. A friend of mine bought a 1/4 million dollar machine from Italy. To make a long story short the Italian company that made the machine finally sent a tech over to get it working properly and after the tech checked it out he went and bout about $1000 of American made electronics to replace the Italian electronics and then the machine worked fine.
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If the starter is being energized, the relay is doing it`s job. Simple.
Take a look at the wiring diagram and you will see what I mean.
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I suppose the timing could be off as even when warm if I don't goose the throttle twice before cranking it, it will kick back. Thing is that it runs too good and too cool to be advanced that much. To check the timing, I need another plug as someone trashed the threads on mine. Looks like they melted the thing. Something here about loaning out tools. . .