... a good thing?... ...

Well I would call it strange, because it's like a light switch. The cylinder is firing the instant you push the button. I can't even hear the decompression solenoid banging. Could that be the problem?
I mean the bike starts effortless, still is odd or not?
I don't know how to describe it...It don't seem to even crank, or what you would call cranking. Like you had push started it and would fire on the first try.

SaVaGeEaRL wrote on 08/18/12 at 14:39:53:

It has done that a few times before over the years, but only briefly for a few starts and ONLY after I had been on the road for a longer trip with hotter temperatures, and stopped for gas and a drink. It always went away. But this time it started doing it out of the blue in the morning when the bike was stone cold and the temperature was 61 degrees. At first I thought: "awww, that shite again", but this time it kept doing it, and it's doing it now since two weeks straight.
Like you said, it"s running normal other than that, I'm just one of those inquiring minds that wants to know why, and wonders if still something is about to break or is already.

The only thing neat about it is, that it reduces cranking time down to nothing and gives you the impression that this ought to be easy on the battery as well.

Did you check your decomp solenoid?

I just checked and the solenoid isn't moving. Now what?

ZAR wrote on 08/18/12 at 19:46:02:

Mabe it's just stuck. Who knows...gonna yank the tank tomorrow and see what's up.

ralfyguy wrote on 08/18/12 at 19:49:55:


Ralf the controller is not waterproofed and where it sits under the tank it's a pure "water magnet" Riding in the rain or washing will certainly get it wet...and it' does not dry out easily. Won't hurt to check.

Thanks for the input guys. I'll try the battery connection test tomorrow, just hate to have to pull the dam' tank. I had this before a few times over the years and it went away again on it's own. This time it's persistent. I also noticed it only happened in summer. Mebbe it's just stuck.
Oh BTW, for the controller getting wet, I wouldn't know when, because my bike never gets wet, no riding in the rain, no parking in the rain. If it was wet, I wouldn't know from what. I'll check anyway, if the battery direct connection test fails. I should be able to test the controller if it puts out any voltage when pushing the starter button right?