Hoodlum333
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Hey all, new guy here. Happy to be part of the savage club. Just purchased an awesome 87 bobber and two weeks later - no start. I was engaged in a conversation while trying to start it and, given my unfamiliarity with the decomp lever, I held it down the whole time while trying to start it. After a few failed attempts at starting, all I got was a buzzing starter relay and no start.
Have 2 batteries, both tested fine. Stripped the guts out of the fake oil can under the seat to expose the horrible rats nest of wires...found the buzzing starter. Disconnected and cleaned all connections - no joy. Jumped the relay - nothing. Hit the ignition - still buzzing.
Now, if I give the starter a good whack, I can get it to turn by both jumping the relay and/or direct power to the starter....but it turns real slow and only a couple times before it quits.
Why/how would whacking the starter effect the ability to jump the relay? Placing the screwdriver across both connections does nothing until I whack the starter. Could my holding down the decomp lever have damaged something? I did notice through my caveman testing tactics that the resistance from the lever has fluctuated from nonexistent to correct resistance, which is weird because the best i can tell it is just a spring.
I have yet to disconnect the starter and test it.
So given all this, does it sound like the starter needs to be replaced?
By the way, there is no kick stand safety and the bike has been in neutral when starting. Thanks in advance for the help!
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