phasender
Ex Member
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I'm starting to hate this bike. Every once in a while, it just refuses to start. It usually starts up with no problem, even in the cold, but every once in a while, it'll keep cranking without starting. Sometimes when I turn the key to turn on the bike, nothing happens. No neutral light, no headlight, nothing. Then, if I take out the key and wait a couple minutes before I try again, it usually starts normally, as if nothing had happened.
Today, it gave me a LOT of trouble starting. On one attempt, the green neutral light was on, I put used a screwdriver to connect the posts like I normally do, there was one spark, and the green light went out.
PLEASE tell me that if I replace the solenoid that it will fix all these problems? I don't have much time to work on my bike and I need reliable transportation, so I was thinking about replacing the relay starter motor while I was at it.
I'm very tempted to buy a used solenoid assembly off of ebay, but I'm worried that it might fail on me. Do you think it's worth paying for an OEM part?
I submitted a quote request at metric magic, so we'll see how much he wants for the parts.
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