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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2529 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: Need help very important VIdeo included too!!! Reply #30 - 08/17/12 at 13:46:29 It sits on top of the motor right behind the cylinder. There is one wire going to it, and it's a pretty big wire. That is where you check the voltage.
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2529 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: Need help very important VIdeo included too!!! Reply #31 - 08/17/12 at 13:47:45 EJID wrote on 08/17/12 at 12:35:14: martinfilms34 wrote on 08/17/12 at 12:21:52: ...Wheres the ground connection from battery to frame?... http://p1.bikepics.com/2012/03/23/bikepics-2370699-full.jpg In that picture, the starter connection is that black cap up and to the right of the circle.
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martinfilms34 Full Member Offline Teenagers ride savages too! Posts: 138 Orlando, Florida	Re: Need help very important VIdeo included too!!! Reply #32 - 08/17/12 at 13:51:31 Something weird just happened. While i connected one of my voltage meter leads to the starter i tried to start it and it was turning over. Then it stopped. But to check the starter. One of the clamps on the starter and the other where?
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Reply #33 - 08/17/12 at 13:55:44

martinfilms34 wrote on 08/17/12 at 13:51:31:

Something weird just happened. While i connected one of my voltage meter leads to the starter i tried to start it and it was turning over. Then it stopped.
But to check the starter. One of the clamps on the starter and the other where?

One lead on the starter hot wire, the other lead to any good ground.
Was it turning pretty fast, or sluggish?

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martinfilms34 Full Member Offline Teenagers ride savages too! Posts: 138 Orlando, Florida	Re: Need help very important VIdeo included too!!! Reply #34 - 08/17/12 at 13:56:34 It turned over kinda sluggish
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Blinky-FSO Serious Thumper Offline Three Eyes Are Better Than Two Posts: 528 Kentucky Gender:	Re: Need help very important VIdeo included too!!! Reply #35 - 08/17/12 at 13:58:17 youzguys, you certainly have more insight than I do on the electrical system, but it might have put enough head on the battery when he rode it around the block to turn it over a few times. I might suggest a load test is still in order as a starting point. For what it is worth
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Reply #36 - 08/17/12 at 13:59:19

martinfilms34 wrote on 08/17/12 at 13:56:34:

It turned over kinda sluggish

Maybe not so weird, as a warm motor will turn over easier than a cold one.
I still think you have a weak battery. If your jumper connection wasn't good, then it wouldn't change your symptoms when trying to jump from the car battery.
What is the voltage across the battery when you try to start it?

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Reply #37 - 08/17/12 at 13:59:57

Blinky-FSO wrote on 08/17/12 at 13:58:17:

youzguys,
you certainly have more insight than I do on the electrical system, but it might have put enough head on the battery when he rode it around the block to turn it over a few times. I might suggest a load test is still in order as a starting point.

For what it is worth

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martinfilms34 Full Member Offline Teenagers ride savages too! Posts: 138 Orlando, Florida	Re: Need help very important VIdeo included too!!! Reply #38 - 08/17/12 at 14:04:39 okay, now my batter is reading below 12...
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2529 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: Need help very important VIdeo included too!!! Reply #39 - 08/17/12 at 14:05:41 martinfilms34 wrote on 08/17/12 at 14:04:39: okay, now my batter is reading below 12... Is that "at rest", or when you try to start? and how much below 12?
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martinfilms34 Full Member Offline Teenagers ride savages too! Posts: 138 Orlando, Florida	Re: Need help very important VIdeo included too!!! Reply #40 - 08/17/12 at 14:07:38 its at 11.50 at rest and wont even read when i try to start
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2529 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: Need help very important VIdeo included too!!! Reply #41 - 08/17/12 at 14:09:18 martinfilms34 wrote on 08/17/12 at 14:07:38: its at 11.50 at rest and wont even read when i try to start Take it out. Take it to auto parts place. Have them charge and load test. (You might want to call first to see if they will even do it for a motorcycle battery).
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2529 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: Need help very important VIdeo included too!!! Reply #42 - 08/17/12 at 14:10:34 Read this: http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1343736383/45 The 2nd post down gives some voltage figures
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2529 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: Need help very important VIdeo included too!!! Reply #43 - 08/17/12 at 14:13:13 I need to head out of here. Good Luck! (and if nothing else, you push start it and still get to work Monday!!)
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Reply #44 - 08/17/12 at 14:26:00

martinfilms34 wrote on 08/17/12 at 14:07:38:

its at 11.50 at rest and wont even read when i try to start

In this case you most likely have a battery that is having issues, a dead short somewhere, but you should see and hear a big spark with one that is enough to drain the voltage to no reading when the starter is engaged, or last but definitely not least you have electrical issues that need to be found and fixed.

I'm only basing this off the information that has been given so far.

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