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Dsreaper420

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Electrical/Starter problem FIXED
07/26/10 at 13:40:52

hello, i have a 1988 savage 650 that i am fixing up. Today i finally wrapped everything up and it was time for a test start. So i hooked it up to a 12v jump starter and gave it a go....no start. My problem is that the bike seems to draw alot when the starter tries to kick the bike over and the starter will only turn every couple of pushes of the button. Basically the play by play is: I push the button...under the seat starts clicking..push the button again and the starter kinda turns..pushing it again and under the sit starts clicking again...push it again and the engine turns...push and hold the button and the engine turns for a second and then all the lights go out and there's no power to the bike, i have to wait a few seconds and there's power back to bike...and repeat. i put a volt meter to the jump starter terminals and its reading 12.7v. i also put the meter to the starter and pushed the start button and i got a max of 6v to the starter it self(which seems really low). i really need some help with this, im stuck. Any help would be great. Thanks.

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Re: Electrical/Starter problem
Reply #1 - 07/26/10 at 19:55:03

Sounds to me you might have a bad connection or a bad battery or a bad starter. Did you try jumping it? Hook it up to your car and Put neg to the frame or the engine and pos to the starter terminal directly. If it cranks and starts it's not the starter.(make sure its in neutral first). Most likely a bad battery even if it's showing 12v with no load it can be bad.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Electrical/Starter problem Reply #2 - 07/26/10 at 20:00:04 james has got it, it's your battery. either it needs a full charge, or you got bad connections. it may turn over, but it won't start with 6volts.
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Dsreaper420 YaBB Newbies Offline 1988 Suzuki Savage 650 Posts: 7 Rhode Island Gender:	Re: Electrical/Starter problem Reply #3 - 07/26/10 at 21:28:07 Thanks for the quick reply guys. Im currently charging the battery overnight and gonna try fresh in the morning. I'll update everyone when I figure it out. The bikes been sitting for 3 years so I'm hoping it's just the battery. The sooner I get it running, the sooner I can get this bike looking pretty
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Electrical/Starter problem Reply #4 - 07/27/10 at 06:46:25 been sitting for 3 years so I'm hoping it's just the battery I wouldnt trust that battery to get me home.
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Dsreaper420 YaBB Newbies Offline 1988 Suzuki Savage 650 Posts: 7 Rhode Island Gender:	Re: Electrical/Starter problem Reply #5 - 07/27/10 at 16:44:48 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 07/27/10 at 06:46:25: been sitting for 3 years so I'm hoping it's just the battery I wouldnt trust that battery to get me home. It's not the battery I got with the bike. It's one I had lying around
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Dsreaper420 YaBB Newbies Offline 1988 Suzuki Savage 650 Posts: 7 Rhode Island Gender:	Re: Electrical/Starter problem Reply #6 - 07/27/10 at 16:48:45 UPDATE: I jumped the bike off my car battery today and it started right up. The battery is bad. Good call guys. I'm going to order a new battery from auto zone tommorow.
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Re: Electrical/Starter problem
Reply #7 - 07/31/12 at 04:37:07

james may wrote on 07/26/10 at 19:55:03:

Sounds to me you might have a bad connection or a bad battery or a bad starter. Did you try jumping it? Hook it up to your car and Put neg to the frame or the engine and pos to the starter terminal directly. If it cranks and starts it's not the starter.(make sure its in neutral first). Most likely a bad battery even if it's showing 12v with no load it can be bad.

I have the same problem i did has you said here and it stll cranks over very slow from the car battery

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Re: Electrical/Starter problem
Reply #8 - 08/05/12 at 22:12:04

mmg123 wrote on 07/31/12 at 04:37:07:

james may wrote on 07/26/10 at 19:55:03:

Sounds to me you might have a bad connection or a bad battery or a bad starter. Did you try jumping it? Hook it up to your car and Put neg to the frame or the engine and pos to the starter terminal directly. If it cranks and starts it's not the starter.(make sure its in neutral first). Most likely a bad battery even if it's showing 12v with no load it can be bad.

I have the same problem i did has you said here and it stll cranks over very slow from the car battery

Could be either a starter problem or a problem on the ground side of the circuit.

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