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Old Jul 5, 2021 | 02:08 PM
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Have a 80 FXS what won’t start.

turn the key on and the handle bar switch to run. Hit the starter button and all I hear is a click from the circuit breaker on battery post.

Have power to the solenoid (new) and when I jump from solenoid posts the starter spins

the battery and starter are pretty new. Battery fully charged. Kept on a battery tender

 
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Old Jul 5, 2021 | 02:31 PM
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System has a relay in it also, check the grounding point for that relay when you find it.

Jump from the power side of the solenoid or the + post of the battery to the small wire post on the solenoid to see if she spins over.
 
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Old Jul 5, 2021 | 03:26 PM
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Thanks. It was the relay
 
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Buy a bosch relay all the others are china junk
 
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Old Jul 5, 2021 | 04:35 PM
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Just ordered 2. Thanks
 
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