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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 08:42 PM
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Kind of slow when I first hit the starter, then it cranks up and starts fine. What do you think causes the hesitation?
What should I be looking for?
 
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 08:46 PM
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Sounds like a weak battery or poor connections with the main starter cable or grounding. Compression could be higher than normal from carbon build up.
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 08:50 PM
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check the battery connections.
ground connections ,
thats about all I can think of right now.
Might wanna throw a volt meter on it when it does flash up and see what it is charging at.
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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Thanks, I'll check the connections tomorrow. Probably is the battery, I picked the bike up a year and a half ago so I don't know how old the battery is.

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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:44 PM
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If it's the original battery then it's probably due [03] But like they said the cables may need cleaned. My friends was doing the same thing a few days ago and that fixed it.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:54 PM
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BATTERY would be the first place to start... Get a load test done.. Some auto parts stores will check it for free...
 
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I would recommend saving yourself some problems and changing your battery. Had the same symptoms on my 99 and it turned out to be the seven year old battery.
 
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Hey MJR, dats one niiiiiice scooter u got there
 
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thanks FLoTER,
It runs good for a stock motor. I really like the color, and the RG handles great.

Mike
 
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Mine was doing the same thing as you say my battery was 3 years old everything
was real clean so I thought it was the battery so I bought a new one from H-D
$160. While removing old battery I discoverd that the ground cable was not thight
My old battery was still good. Oh well now I have a new one
 
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