Bike won't start
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Bike won't start
My dad just bought an 02 Sporty. It is an 883 conversion to a 1200. The problem the PO had was that it would not start, after he shut it down one day on a ride. He just replaced the starter with a brand new one. He jumped the starter before he installed it to make sure it would work. It worked fine. Then he installed it in the bike and now it won't start. When you push the start button it clicks but won't crank. Have any of you guys ever ran into this? Does an 883/1200 conversion require a different starter? What are some of the things he should be looking for if it is not the starter?
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Like Anubisss said, check wires, cables, spark plugs and wires, battery....check all the stupid stuff first, in my experience, it's always been the stupid things, or easy things that I forgot to hook up, forgot to check, etc...
Good luck.
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Run a jumper cable or wire (one of the proper gauge about the size of thre stock starter wire) from the battery to the starter and solenoid, bypassing the starter switch and all of the inbetween wiring, switchesand fuses and whatnotfrom the battery to the starter, and see if that makes it turn over ( you may have top run it from the bare terminal, not from the connecter on the terminal, to be sure the connecter isn't causing some problems from corrosion and whatnot. Just disconnect it from the battery terminal before you begin). If it does, then it's not the battery but somewhere between the battery and the starter.
Make surethe tranny is inneutral before you do it.
Connect one end of the jumper cable to the positive side of your battery, and then touch the otherend of the jumperto just the starter main connection; you should hear your starter wirring (spinning) if the battery and starter are okay.If you touch it to the solenoid too with some other type of conductivejumper like a screwdriver or something from the main wire on the starter to the solenoid terminal, then it will alsoturn the motor over thenif the battery and starter are good. In other words connect the jumper to the main wire on the starter, and then uses another condutor like another wire or even a screwdriver and touch the main wire connection that's connected with the jumper wireon the starter to the solenoid connection.
Then, if this proves the starter and battery to be good,you'll thenneed a 12 volt testlight to look for any shorts or loose or corrodedconnectionsalong the connection route, and possibly also a voltmeter/ammeter to help find where the short is, which could be in the starter switch (you may get enough electricity to light the light, but not enough to turn the starter, which is where a voltmeter/ammeter makes the difference). Usually a 12 volt test light is all you'll need, however. It's a DC electrician's first tool in troubleshooting DC circuits.
It should be apiece of cake to figure out. DC power is easy to work on, especially on bikes, where you can get to everything pretty easily, compared to autos where the wiring circuit has longer distances apart and requires longer jumper wires and so forth.
If you need any more help, post in here again and I'll try to guide you. It's really quite easy once you get a basic understanding of simple DC current. I've located a lot of problems with a cheap $1.29 12 volt trouble light.
I even used to time engines with them, especially VW's, whichI worked on for years.
Make surethe tranny is inneutral before you do it.
Connect one end of the jumper cable to the positive side of your battery, and then touch the otherend of the jumperto just the starter main connection; you should hear your starter wirring (spinning) if the battery and starter are okay.If you touch it to the solenoid too with some other type of conductivejumper like a screwdriver or something from the main wire on the starter to the solenoid terminal, then it will alsoturn the motor over thenif the battery and starter are good. In other words connect the jumper to the main wire on the starter, and then uses another condutor like another wire or even a screwdriver and touch the main wire connection that's connected with the jumper wireon the starter to the solenoid connection.
Then, if this proves the starter and battery to be good,you'll thenneed a 12 volt testlight to look for any shorts or loose or corrodedconnectionsalong the connection route, and possibly also a voltmeter/ammeter to help find where the short is, which could be in the starter switch (you may get enough electricity to light the light, but not enough to turn the starter, which is where a voltmeter/ammeter makes the difference). Usually a 12 volt test light is all you'll need, however. It's a DC electrician's first tool in troubleshooting DC circuits.
It should be apiece of cake to figure out. DC power is easy to work on, especially on bikes, where you can get to everything pretty easily, compared to autos where the wiring circuit has longer distances apart and requires longer jumper wires and so forth.
If you need any more help, post in here again and I'll try to guide you. It's really quite easy once you get a basic understanding of simple DC current. I've located a lot of problems with a cheap $1.29 12 volt trouble light.
I even used to time engines with them, especially VW's, whichI worked on for years.
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