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Title: bike wont start....
Post by: leedutcher on July 30, 2008, 04:24:24 PM
ok......SOMTIMES my bike wont crank :icon_confused:.... but when i push start it and pop the clutch and ride it for a while, shut it off,  then it will start right up with no problems up :dunno_white:........till the next day :mad:.
Title: Re: bike wont start....
Post by: plurpimpin on July 30, 2008, 04:26:25 PM
have you checked your battery? sounds like it might be bad
Title: Re: bike wont start....
Post by: DoD#i on July 30, 2008, 06:46:32 PM
Check here, and follow the links to the circuit diagrams - then go look at wires on your bike.
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=43024 (http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=43024)
In short, mine had a similar problem, which turned out to be a crushed clutch switch wire (with a little extra mystery being that the clutch switch it self was missing a part, too, so the crushed wire being shorted was what made it work, and when it was not shorted it did not work).

There's a fairly simple, logical path to cranking or not cranking. Given that you can push-start, clutch switch is the most likely culprit, either via crushed wires or via poor contact of the switch itself. Very easy to check. Starter relay would be the other possible culprit.

<edit> here's the links to the diagrams, right here - easy enough.
http://www.bbburma.net/Scans/Clymer_Electrical_StartingSystem_2.jpg (http://www.bbburma.net/Scans/Clymer_Electrical_StartingSystem_2.jpg)
http://www.bbburma.net/Scans/Haynes_WiringDiagram_US_90-96.jpg (http://www.bbburma.net/Scans/Haynes_WiringDiagram_US_90-96.jpg)

<edit2> No, on re-reading your actual symptoms, I also think you have a bad battery, in this case - if it "always" cranks after you've run it (and charged it up) but it "never" (or hardly ever) cranks the next day, you have either a bad battery or something drawing the battery down (the usual is turning past lock to park and turning the parking light on) when the bike is off - and bad battery is generally the more likely of the two if you don't see the tail-light being on. Easy for any place that sells batteries to check the battery and see if it works correctly. Also easy for you to check if the problem "fixes itself" if you just charge the battery rather than going for a ride. In my case going for a ride caused the wires to re-short, so it worked again - charging the battery does not move anything on the bike around, so it did not solve my problem. If a charge solves your problem, it's almost certainly a bad battery.
Title: Re: bike wont start....
Post by: leedutcher on July 31, 2008, 03:26:52 PM
it was the battery seemed it had a small crack on top of the battery where you put the water >:( ohh well picked up a new one from my cousens. 30 bux..