So my old bike that I sold to a buddy of mine is randomly not starting. Before he buys a starter for it I figured i would try to get some insight from you guys here on the forum.

No click or anything when trying to start, even when he jumped it. So battery is fully charged and everything else works. no loose wires. brand new solenoid, all new wiring. I tried to push start the bike a few times with no luck and then randomly pushed the start button and it worked. rode it around a bit, parked it, shut it off, started it up again with no issues. About  5-10 mins after, tried to start it again and no luck.

Forgot to mention that we did take the starter apart to look for any loose ends and everything seemed to be intact inside there.

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Don't Buy Anything until you have exhausted all the troubleshooting.

It doesn't sound like a starter problem.

Try it out by starting in neutral, stand up, every time.

If that starts it every time, then you are onto something.

Kickstand is bypassed, all lights come on in neutral. He did just replace the forks and bars. Where is the clutch safety switch located and how could we go about seeing if that's the issue? Thanks for all the input!

mr.smith wrote on 08/30/16 at 16:29:06:


Those are for the brake light switch and should have no impact on the bike running or not.