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30th September 2011
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
Posts: 4,296 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200C Sportster/Buell Year: 2006
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This Bike is Testing my Patience!!!
After nearly a year trying to fix my inoperative Speedo, I finally get that licked (Thanks Scott i.e. LuxBlue).
Shortly after, my clutch goes. Got that fixed.
This morning I get on my bike to ride to work, hit the start button, let it go and the starter is still spinning. I hit the kill switch and it's still spinning. I turn off the key and pull it out, it's still spinning. It finally killed my battery......
One thing after another!!! About two years ago, I replaced the starter switch because of the same problem.
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30th September 2011
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JESTER MAFIA
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Indian Territory
Posts: 9,110 Sportster/Buell Model: NRHS 1250-R Sportster/Buell Year: 2005
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Damn Len, that just plain sucks!!!
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30th September 2011
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
Posts: 4,296 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200C Sportster/Buell Year: 2006
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Needless to say, I had to drive my car to work on what is one of the last riding days in my season.
If I wanted to work on my bike this much, I would have bought an Ironhead.
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30th September 2011
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JESTER MAFIA
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Indian Territory
Posts: 9,110 Sportster/Buell Model: NRHS 1250-R Sportster/Buell Year: 2005
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No shit, I hear you. It's just now becoming riding season around here.
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30th September 2011
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Whitworth Products
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 6,437 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200R Sportster/Buell Year: 2005 Other Motorcycle Model: 5 bikes and 1 quad
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lenster
Needless to say, I had to drive my car to work on what is one of the last riding days in my season.
If I wanted to work on my bike this much, I would have bought an Ironhead.
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I'd say it's a sticking solenoid. Possibly tapping it with a wooden hammer handle would have cleared the problem (temporarily anyway). Oh, also the kill switch could be a good testing tool. After charging the battery, you may try it again and if it happens, then throw the kill switch and see if that does the trick. I think that will eliminate the switch as a possibility and if still it keeps spinning it must be the solenoid.
Sorry to hear that you have a season.  |
30th September 2011
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Senior Chief Know It All 1st Class
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,117 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200r Sportster/Buell Year: 2005 Other Motorcycle Model: kenny boyce custom
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every time thats happened to me it been soleniod and they are cheap and easy to fix , try to stop sweeting the little stuff
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30th September 2011
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Freedom Lover
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ottawa, ON
Posts: 1,762 Sportster/Buell Model: Nightster Sportster/Buell Year: 2010
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Sorry to hear the grief you're going through.
Well! You know which to to use now... Start troubleshooting...Yet again.
Let's hope it's just the solenoid.
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30th September 2011
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Senior Chief Know It All 1st Class
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,117 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200r Sportster/Buell Year: 2005 Other Motorcycle Model: kenny boyce custom
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Originally Posted by WinterWheel
Sorry to hear the grief you're going through.
Well! You know which to to use now... Start troubleshooting...Yet again.
Let's hope it's just the solenoid.
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why do you say that ? a solenoid is an electro magnet that engages starter when 12 volts is applied , after years of use the contacts get dirty and will weld them selfs together , this is not rocket science |
1st October 2011
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
Posts: 4,296 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200C Sportster/Buell Year: 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
After charging the battery, you may try it again and if it happens, then throw the kill switch and see if that does the trick. I think that will eliminate the switch as a possibility and if still it keeps spinning it must be the solenoid.
Sorry to hear that you have a season. |
I tried plugging my battery in to my tender. The tender's light did not come on at all - not green or red, just nothing. I thought "this is just my luck" and went out and brought a brand new battery charger.
I hooked it all up, and the tender won't recognize that it's hooked up. I though "great, the new charger I bought is defective". So I hooked it up to a car battery I have in the garage, and the charger works fine.
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1st October 2011
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Know It All
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 189 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200C Sportster/Buell Year: 2006 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLH Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1974
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Sounds like the battery is smoked. Did you put a voltmeter on the battery?
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