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Got a little project tomorrow...

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Rolled my Big Red out to go for a ride this evening (after it cooled down kinda) and..................... nothing. The starter didn't turn.

The only thing I messed with yesterday was I replaced a broken speedo cable. Looked quickly inside the headlight bucket but all looked OK.

Wanted to ride, so I crossed the starter solenoid posts with a screw driver & off she fired.

Gotta check that out tomorrow!
 
Fixed it !!!

Fixed it !!!

Grabbed my mutli-meter, started at the battery and followed the 12V leads (O/W, G/Y, O) up through the connector under the tank, through both the starter button & kill switches, and then abruptly lost it on the G/Y lead coming from the starter switch where it heads back down through the tank connector to the starter solenoid.

I hadn?t noticed before, but a section of the connector lead from the handlebar switch was wrapped with black tape. Once the tape was unwrapped, a broken G/Y crimped connection appeared.

Easy fix, cleaned everything up & spliced the two ends back together, sealed it with a small piece of shrink tube, and all is well with the world.
 
Damm Mike, you're good. Pulled out the wiring diagram, figured out what wires to trace, found the problem, fixed problem, done. Don't think I need to suggest cracking a beer to celebrate! Good work!:D
 
Nessism said:
Damm Mike, you're good. Pulled out the wiring diagram, figured out what wires to trace, found the problem, fixed problem, done. Don't think I need to suggest cracking a beer to celebrate! Good work!:D
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Ha, just lucky this time. And yes, there was a beer or two to celebrate my "job well done" moment...
 
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