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This point is probably obvious to many users of the forum but I recall reading posts from someone with non-functioning starter buttons (who jumped the solenoid to get the engine to start).
I've had my bike in bits for a while and finally got it back yesterday, complete with its new stainless steel 4 into 2 exhaust system and bare-metal respray (pix to follow, if anyone's interested). Whilst waiting an interminable 5 weeks for the system to be made, I rebuilt all the carbs with kits from Georgefix, and generally messed about with things...
I'd cleaned all the block connectors on the wiring harness with Deoxit, replaced a few block connectors etc etc. I put the bike back together yesterday and found......it wouldn't start. Lights on at the console, headlamp working...in fact everything except the starter. Then, for no apparent reason, the starter worked and the bike fired up. I warmed up the engine, turned off and tried again. Dead starter.
I found out eventually that it was one of the two block connectors which connect the right handlebar switch assembly to the wiring harness. Although I'd used Deoxit and it was clean, the block connector was slightly loose. Putting the fuel tank back on, I must have caught it and moved it just enough to intermittently break the connection. Also, I think maybe the contacts weren't gripping well after the oxide had been zapped by the Deoxit.
So, maybe a dead starter button could be caused by that block terminal on other people's bikes sometimes....
I'm going to put a new block on later tonight!
I've had my bike in bits for a while and finally got it back yesterday, complete with its new stainless steel 4 into 2 exhaust system and bare-metal respray (pix to follow, if anyone's interested). Whilst waiting an interminable 5 weeks for the system to be made, I rebuilt all the carbs with kits from Georgefix, and generally messed about with things...
I'd cleaned all the block connectors on the wiring harness with Deoxit, replaced a few block connectors etc etc. I put the bike back together yesterday and found......it wouldn't start. Lights on at the console, headlamp working...in fact everything except the starter. Then, for no apparent reason, the starter worked and the bike fired up. I warmed up the engine, turned off and tried again. Dead starter.
I found out eventually that it was one of the two block connectors which connect the right handlebar switch assembly to the wiring harness. Although I'd used Deoxit and it was clean, the block connector was slightly loose. Putting the fuel tank back on, I must have caught it and moved it just enough to intermittently break the connection. Also, I think maybe the contacts weren't gripping well after the oxide had been zapped by the Deoxit.
So, maybe a dead starter button could be caused by that block terminal on other people's bikes sometimes....
I'm going to put a new block on later tonight!
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