Hello! So last week I ran my bike out of gas and had to push the old girl home, it was great, hottest day of the year so far!!
SO here is the issue I am having,
I was riding down the road and the bike dies, i thought i had gas so I kept starting it up and it would start then when I would let out the clutch it would just die, the tank was on fumes.
So I kept trying to get er to start and eventually it wouldnt go, then the starter just stopped, when I hit the button there was kind of a clicking sound, I thought it was coming from the relay, so I replaced that and charged up my battery.
I hit the button and no go, all there is is a clicking sound coming from this thing that is under the gas tank, not sure what it is called, I am not a mechanic, but it just clicks when I hit the starter button.
I put my multi meter to the battery and when I hit the starter button  the battery goes down to like 6. something something, so I bought a new battery and its on the charger right now so hoping that is the problem, but if anyone has any ideas that would just be super duper.
Aaaaaaaaand yes I did do a search for this topic but could find nothing!
Thank fellow Savage riders!!

Well sounds like you did some troubleshooting and found the problem...Good job!  I might mention that clickety clickety from the starter almost always means bad/low battery.  I would venture to say you didn't need to replace the relay.  

Just out of curiosity, were you on reserve?  I mean if you were on reserve when the engine stalled then I think it would be a natural assumption you were out of fuel.  If you didn't know you were running out of fuel you might have the petcock set on the "prime" position.  You might want to check that.  

Thanks guys, I just wasn't sure if it may be something funky in the wiring as I have never heard that kind of clicking before! Thought possibly maybe something was shorted out.
I did not know about the prime thing, thats good to know, and it was on reserve, so from now on I will make sure its not on reserve, and if I go on any long trips I am taking extra fuel as I don't think these bikes get to make km's to a tank haha!
Thanks again brothers!

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 06/25/15 at 19:45:57:


Thank you for the info, I feel much better now and cant wait to hook up my battery tomorrow!

trevorw wrote on 06/26/15 at 19:35:23:


I'll still say battery.  Check the voltage, check the terminals, cables, etc...

I'm far from an expert, but that starter motor is not the greatest. The fact that you kept trying to start it over and over and over again...possible you seized the starter motor. The relay would still click because it is trying to do it's job.

I have never had my starter out of the bike so I have no idea if it is as simple as it looks (2 bolts), but if you can get it out...make sure it spins freely. Then hook a set of jumper cables to it and test it (for a very SHORT time). I'd advise having it clamped to a bench or a short piece of 2x4 when you test it...it may bounce around a bit.

Check all the connections... Battery to ground, battery to solenoid, to starter... etc...

Ahhh, so, it was the old
Broken Magnet Trick, ehh, Chief?
Bummer, dude, but you figured it out...