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Darkchyld
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Now that I've reread your first post again and again, Cj, you got a loose or corroded connection somewhere. The lights dimming and brighting. That point you made about wiggling the post on the solenoid tells me that its physically damaged and needs to be replaced anyway. BriTXbike made a good point about checking the battery. A 12v lead acid battery has 8 cells supplying 1.5v each. It is POSSIBILE that one or more cells have failed. Look at your battery carefully. Make sue the fluid is at the correct level. A good battery is "bubbly", gently rock it back and forth, can you see the bubbles? Now the loose wire. On the wiring diagram there's a black and white wire that goes to all the lights. Near the middle is the notation "Chassis Ground", somewhere on your bike that black and white wire is attached to the frame. This connection must be clean! What I do. Typically it?s a 10mm hex head bolt. The wire has a ring connector on it. Remove the bolt and using like 400 grit sandpaper shine up where it goes, shine up the ring connector, check the wire itself for corrosion, (Green Grunge ), if necessary replace it. Use a little dielectric grease, (Radio Shack has it cheap), coat the ring connector lightly and put it back together. Now take some carb cleaner and apply it to a cloth or rag and clean all the excess grease off. Get some black nail polish and paint up the bolt. This will seal it. When you replace the solenoid make a small jumper from one of its mounting bolts to the Neg terminal of the battery. Clean and check the battery connections and the connections on the solenoid itself. Any "Green Grunge" is a good indication that the wire needs replaced. Especially the big ones that go to the starter motor. They move a lot of current. If you feel the charging circuit is an issue let me know and I'll walk you through how to test that out. See the stator papers in GSResources.com. Good reading!