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greetings, have read enough, i sense i have found what i need. i bought this bike to replace a stolen car, now i've found that it is going to be a [email protected]#$h to get parts for. I was surprised because i SURE do see a lot of them on the road:shock:.
OK, here's the story/symtoms, this bike will not start consistently(in a nutshell). in the morning or after it has been sitting for more than an hour it will turn over freely. sometimes it will start quickly(seconds) sometimes i am out there until the battery just won't turn the starter. the pattern seems to have something to do with if the bike has warmed up or not. I've been talked into a new battery ($80.+), there was a slight difference in the running and the same day i put the battery in i wound up sitting on the roadside for about 30 minutes before the bike decided to start(it shut off at a light). After a string of several days when i would go out and and attempt to start the bike( only to drain the battery), i went out one day determined, and as soon as the bike sounded like it wanted to start i goosed it, really hard and did get the bike start. it kept trying to shut off, i wouldn't let it. i took the turnpike route to the dealer and left it:X. they are telling me that i need a starter ($582.+).
my question is this, if that starter was spinning so hard everytime i pushed the button, how can it be bad? and not being a mechanic i still wonder, doesn't this sound more like a FIRE issue!!??? instead of a starter issue?? i came here hoping to counter the old 'baffle em with bullsh#t' syndrome.
would someone in here please put me on track as to where to put my little bit of (remaining) money. i've only had this bike a month(not a lot of riding):gunhead:
greetings, have read enough, i sense i have found what i need. i bought this bike to replace a stolen car, now i've found that it is going to be a [email protected]#$h to get parts for. I was surprised because i SURE do see a lot of them on the road:shock:.
OK, here's the story/symtoms, this bike will not start consistently(in a nutshell). in the morning or after it has been sitting for more than an hour it will turn over freely. sometimes it will start quickly(seconds) sometimes i am out there until the battery just won't turn the starter. the pattern seems to have something to do with if the bike has warmed up or not. I've been talked into a new battery ($80.+), there was a slight difference in the running and the same day i put the battery in i wound up sitting on the roadside for about 30 minutes before the bike decided to start(it shut off at a light). After a string of several days when i would go out and and attempt to start the bike( only to drain the battery), i went out one day determined, and as soon as the bike sounded like it wanted to start i goosed it, really hard and did get the bike start. it kept trying to shut off, i wouldn't let it. i took the turnpike route to the dealer and left it:X. they are telling me that i need a starter ($582.+).
my question is this, if that starter was spinning so hard everytime i pushed the button, how can it be bad? and not being a mechanic i still wonder, doesn't this sound more like a FIRE issue!!??? instead of a starter issue?? i came here hoping to counter the old 'baffle em with bullsh#t' syndrome.
would someone in here please put me on track as to where to put my little bit of (remaining) money. i've only had this bike a month(not a lot of riding):gunhead: