greenmonster wrote on 09/23/16 at 16:30:59:it spins if you go from a car battery with the ground to the chassis and the hot to the starter lug. But not if you go from the bike ground terminal to the starter lug.
(I had the batteries wired in parallel and just pulled the hot wire off to touch the lug and got nothing)
Could my battery ground strap be the culprit?
And JOG, I have every intention of going over all my switches. Hot wiring is just a faster test to do first! (plus the bonus of sparks!)
You proved the starter. Did it start?
Hooking batteries to the battery doesn't answer a question.
Have you studied the kill switch?
ell low and behold I now have 10.5v at the clutch safety, if I position the kill switch just right.
I repaired copiers and cash registers for seven years.
When I see a clue like that, I check it out.
You can run tests on the starter, and wonder about the battery, but the results of the test that include the kill switch would have me looking at it. If you have to diddle with it, it's not right. You might have another problem, but that switch sure sounds flaky IF the report is accurate.
Just flip the thing back and forth and see if anything changes. Wouldn't that be easier than trying other stuff?
At page seven, I quit.