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hey everyone. Pa winter was hard on bike, couldn't get out to start. treated fuel with stabil and some marvel, ran thru carbs before putting away. now, after fully charging and after having battery checked, I set choke to full but bike will crank nice but no start, not even a cough. ALSO, which worries me, when cranking starter(not for long periods either), will see silver spark and wisp of smoke that looks to be coming from near positive battery terminal? not sure what to do. Any help greatly appreciated.
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Might oughta' remove and clean some connections(battery, batt. to solienoid, batt. to ground, and likely ALL electrical plug-ins on bike. That all important smoke escaping from that area is just a preliminary warning as to the likely cond. of other electrical connections
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81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top. -
Fuse?
IGN fuse corroded?
Sometimes the glass fuses even corrode inside.
Just another suggestion.-Mike
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'79 XS1100SF 20k miles
'80 XS1100SG 44k miles
'81 XS1100H Venturer 35k miles
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problem fixed
Thanks everyone for help. found corroded ground, cleaned, sealed and no more smoke. working fine, thanks again.1980 xs1100gComment
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