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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 01:57 PM
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Hi all, well here is an update of what I did so far. I filled and charged the battery it is good and holding a charge then i changed the starter switch/button and it started great and idled good. It wasn't until the bike was driven and hot then the starter started to go crazy and engage itself while the bike was running and It wouldn't shutoff by either the run switch or the ignition key, I had to disconnect the battery in order to kill the motor and starter from engaging!! I have the starter relay that i'm going to change next and see if that fixes it. Also the plot thickens, I went to check the points to see if the timing is off a bit because it backfires and sputters when putting it in gear, and there was a dyna "S" ignition in there so someone changed it to electronic ignition. So it led me to the web site where it says "Do not use solid core or spiral core type plug wires" so I looked and I have 'spiro core' wires on there now. Could this be one of my problems with backfiring and sputtering. Please any suggestions would be great as I have yet to ride this thing!
Thank you in advance for your priceless knowledge!
 
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