I mentioned the coil because I had heard from a freind that someone he know had his ignition fuse blow do to a bad coil on his 96 sporter.

I've got the manual and I'm going to spend the night reading instead of jumping right in. I plan to go through pococj's (skip's) trouble shooting list first, the manual has a TS section, but it's not a complete as skip's list. I have tested the starter relay and "I think" it's OK. I got the starter to turn over by using a jumper on the relay connector, so I think that's OK too. But right now I know just enough to be deadly so I think it's time to hit the book and cover a few chapters before I try anything else. Tomorrow night I'll go out and freeze my a$$ off and hopefully get the bike to start or find out what the problem is. I'll let you guys know how it turns out. One bright side is, a freind has an 94 sporty parts bike that I can grab some parts from to test out anything I find that's not working. That's the guy I got the manual from.

Again to everone, Thanks For All Your Help...

Cliff

 

Well the good news is the bike is running again, bad news is it was the starter relay. Please note the first line of this thread.

I followed the directions that pococj layout and had a back-up plan if something went wrong. I never made it to the back-up plan, cause Skip’s directions work perfectly. If anybody has a starting problem, that’s the set of instructions you need.

I want to sincerely thank everybody the help out here and major thanks goes to you Skip. If you ever need any help from me, just ask.

The guy that sold me the bike, needed money for an attorney so we worked out a deal where he could buy back the bike for the same price when he had the money. Now I can give him a working bike back when he comes to get it. He was helping me tonight and it was great to see a spark back in his eyes after we got the bike started, he lost his mom 2 months ago and now his wife split and is trying to take him to the cleaners.

Cliff

 

Glad the "de-structions" worked and y'all got the bike running. Sorry to hear of your buddy's Mom, and his misfortune with his soon-to-be-ex. I'd bet it surely did warm your heart to see a spark light his eyes up, again.

 

A special thanks to Skip from me too.

Maybe, just maybe things are on the upswing for you and your Buddy now.

 

Well, I'd call it, "not soon enough" to be ex, I'll leave it at that and not make this a novel. I've know the guy since we where kids and grow up across the street from each other, 40+ years. A few of his freinds have a ride this weekend and I'm going to let him take the bike so he go on the ride. Plus I'll give him vistitation rights on the weekend if he what's. I use to ride myself, but I haven't owned a bike in years, maybe it time to take a look at my other buddies 94 parts bike?

I'll pass on your best wishes, thanks again,

Cliff

 

fair enough

 

Man, that is a stand up thing to do for your buddy! I salute you!

I hope your buddy's life starts to look up very soon!

Cheers!
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Same goes for the weekend visitation rights...I have close friends like you as well, I'm sure he cherishes your friendship as much as I cherish mine....

Mac