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Savage won't crank
07/05/13 at 03:18:34
 
Hello everyone, I am new here. I used search but couldn't find any relevant information. I have a Suzuki Savage and it won't crank. When I press the starter button I hear a few "clicks" coming from a small black plastic box located under the tank. Some sort of relay but it doesn't have anything written on it. I installed a new battery and a new starter relay because that's what I thought would solve the problem, but I was wrong. The starter itself is also good. The rest of the electronics work like the lights and horn.

By the way, I have converted the old magnet decompression into a manual decompression. Could this be the problem? And I don't have a kickstand switch at all.
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Reply #1 - 07/05/13 at 04:21:15
 

Step #1  fully charge your battery.  Your voltage should never drop below 11.0 volts when cranking.   If your battery won't give you this, replace it, it is bad.

Your electronic black box will not throw a spark if you drop below 11.0 volts when cranking -- but the bike will still turn over.

This little quirk has frustrated the shite out of a lot of people over the years.
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Reply #2 - 07/05/13 at 07:23:34
 
yep,, that battery will have enough to spin 'er on over, anyone with any experience around cars & such would say " yep,, battery's hot enough to do that,, its hot enough to fire up",, & ohhh boy,, it just wont fire..
so, get the battery out, check water, haul it to a shop, get it tested, you need a baseline, you need to know if its in class a shape or slightly shabby, healthwise,, then add a pigtail for plugging in a float charger as you go back together.
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Reply #3 - 07/05/13 at 07:48:47
 
Right above the carb at the tail of the tank? If so, unplug the harness and look for green (corrosion), if you find green in the plug, you won't get it to do anything until the connection is spotless. That decompression control relay is not weatherproof, and the corrosion shorts out the ignition system...

I bypassed mine temporarily with a tractor push button. About 6 years ago now...  Grin
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Reply #4 - 07/05/13 at 16:06:58
 
I bypassed mine temporarily with a tractor push button. About 6 years ago now.


post WWII they passed a temporary telephone tax.. no one wrote in what exactly the definition of temporary was,,
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