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Old May 20, 2011 | 08:35 PM
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Anyone have any ideas? 05 deluxe solenoid looks good no blown fuses all lights come on, no odometer, i can hear my fuel pump engage just no click or even turn ing engine wise i hit the swithc and nothing.
 
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Old May 20, 2011 | 08:39 PM
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Might be a connection. Time to pull the seat, take the cables off the battery, clean then re-install.
 
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Old May 20, 2011 | 09:00 PM
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So all electrical accessories work, correct? Just the starter doesn't engage to start the bike?


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Old May 20, 2011 | 09:02 PM
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No odometer either bro
 
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Old May 20, 2011 | 09:03 PM
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Checked all connections, checked fuses and relays all aok
 
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Old May 20, 2011 | 09:06 PM
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battery connections. happened to me last week. everything felt tight. i took the connections off, cleaned them and tightened everything down and worked fine....
 
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Old May 20, 2011 | 09:09 PM
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Low battery voltage? The little lights and fuel pump don't take much to light up.
 
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Old May 20, 2011 | 09:11 PM
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If you jump it put the neg clamp on a part of the frame. If you bump start it do it in second gear or even third. First will usually just lock up and not turn the motor.
 
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My bikes older, but I had an intermittent no smart. Was the relay to the starter under the seat (it clicked but didn't mack contact, until I hit it with something). Replaced the starter relay and installed a starter push button.
 
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Old May 20, 2011 | 09:24 PM
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Exactly what my Springer did last year. Rode into garage fine one night. Wouldn't start the next morning. Turned out to be the ign switch. I have a similar problem with my NT now. Except this time the bike starts and runs, but in both ign and acc positions. Also no speedo. I've already checked the switch with a known good one and that's not it. I'm in the process of looking to find a bad ground, or maybe a combination of problems. Your's sounds like the switch, however.
 
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