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Title: need help!!!!
Post by: lpncna32 on September 06, 2009, 06:48:05 PM
i have a 2004 gs500, i'm having a problem starting my bike, i can pull in the cluch and try to start it and i get nothing, if i let out the cluch alittle and play with it some by trying to find the sweet spot i call it it will finaly start.. never had the problem all summer until a few weeks ago..now it seems it's getting harder to find the sweet spot.. when i go for a ride i get worried if i take a break somewhere i might not be able to get it started again..not the battery, once i hit that spot it starts with no problem.. i just don't get it..need help please..would hate to take it to the shop for something simple i can fix on my own..
                                                                                thanks.. :dunno_white:
Title: Re: need help!!!!
Post by: jeremy_nash on September 06, 2009, 07:40:50 PM
sounds like a faulty clutch safety switch.  you should remove it and clean the contacts.  it is on the bottom of the clutch perch
Title: Re: need help!!!!
Post by: lpncna32 on September 08, 2009, 09:08:58 AM
thanks for the help, your are right on with the problem, i took off the safety switch and thats what it was, i will have to order a new one because one screw was stripped along with the switch being cracked.looks like the prevous owner had the same problem and broke it putting it back together.. i just temp. wired it until i can get a new one.  so thanks again for the help..can't get anuf of this forum.....
                                       thanks...
Title: Re: need help!!!!
Post by: Dr.Sparkie on September 08, 2009, 02:08:39 PM
Quote from: jeremy_nash on September 06, 2009, 07:40:50 PM
sounds like a faulty clutch safety switch.  you should remove it [censored censored]

follow edited advice. safety systems are for squids.  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: need help!!!!
Post by: lpncna32 on September 08, 2009, 07:55:11 PM
sh@t  i must be a squid..... :woohoo:
Title: Re: need help!!!!
Post by: jeremy_nash on September 08, 2009, 07:58:59 PM
your welcome.
well mine is bypassed, lol           it was temporary over a year ago, and it is still temporary, lol