Hello all with the wealth of knowledge,  I am at the end of my tether,  had the bike now approx 5 weeks,  first week stator went,  replaced with new one,  then sunday night just gone go for ,  get to mates place 20 minutes away bike wont start (  solenoid clicking its nuts off )  bump start no probs,  headlight stays bright and everything else works fine,  so go through all checks finds regulator u/s,  replaced this arvo,  brand new deka battery fitted and on trickle charge over night fukn lovely,  13.2 volts,  start bike put multimeter on battery give a few revs charge goes up to 13.5 volts and keeps climbing,  im ecstatic,  goes for a to midland from rockingham then onto northbridge,  all is good,  start bike after half hour in northbridge no probs,  bike missin n bangin like all fuck,  pull up at bp mill point rd,  fill up,  fkn thing dont start,  solenoid just clickin its guts off,  fuck fuck fuck,  rip seat off check terminals all tight,  wire on cicrcuit breaker all good from regulator,  stator plug all tight,   starter not hot or solenoid but cable from solenoid to starter like fkn jelly,  fuck it,  sit at bp watch couple nice lesos go at it in apartment window,  big plus for the night,  after half hour still sweet fuck all happenin in the starting area, bump start nike goes all good no missing or popping fuck all,  everything workin fine,  gets home in rockingham,  bike in gagrage nuthin,  just solenoid clicking and battery down to 11.3 volts,  attach multi meter hit starter switch volts go down to 9 volts fkn loveley,  not!!!,  check stator,  all good,  check regulator all good,  battery cable to starter from solenoid still like jelly,  solenoid and starter still not hot,  also noticed bike in neutral but neutral light not coming on,  could this also affect the bike not starting,  hmmm?

 

also replaced starter relay,  will this ever end or is insurance co gonna get a phone call on monday to hear that the fukn thing burnt to the ground,  any help guyz would be really appreciated,

 

Cheers,

 

Trixta.

Hmmmm Jelly battery cables, make a good lollie for the roadhouses....

G'Day,

Have a look at this thread, 

 

http://www.hdforums.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=71&forumid=24&postid=280016&view=topic

Cheers,

Cris

make sure you have a good earth on the reg to the frame check with a meter ,  much be metal contact  frame too reg .  early model S/tails had bad  main battery leads  & can rub-out on the oil tank  , put new main leads on  , bike is only 24yrs old

Thankyou all for your response and help,  especially chris with the link you sent,  here is what i have done and it starts again

 

rightio,  i sat down at bike and nutted it out (  im no expert but i hope it helps others )  from old relay,  

#30 + power,  from original plug or battery

#85 - earth,  from original plug or chassis or battery

#86 switch wire from original plug or starter switch

#87 to #86 on new relay

new relay

#30 + power from battery

#85 - earth from battery or chassis

#86 should have wire from old relay #87

#87 to green wire at original plug or to starter.

 

i have wired mine up like this and it starts im a chappy again,  for how long who knows.

 

now to go get some wind in the face

 

ciao...

 

 

hi ya kiwidave

 

just tested stator again man,  first test on grounding to casing,  i got 1.,  on second test i got 0.3,  stator is all good man,  regulator not showing any volts at all,  old one was showing 12.7 volts when i first started this exercise on thursday,  no photos sorry as was 10 oclock last night and poxy iphone doesnt do good pix at night,  but we all had fun watchin them and cheerin them on,  and man horn does work,  i think i may have a faulty neutral switch,  cheers again and i hope jobs good now

 

ciao

 

 G'day Trixta,

I was in a bit of a hurry when I first replied, so I sent that link as a shortcut. Thought between what we all discussed there you'd get some help.

Since then I have modified (or rather simplified ) things. I got rid of the extra relay and wired as follows.

#85- Ground (as per original wiring)

#86 - Starter button on handlebar (as per original wiring)

#87 - Green wire to starter motor (as per original wiring)

#30 - Directly to Battery using heavy Gauge wire and a 30 amp inline fuse.

Have had no recurring problems.

Cheers,

Cris

 

Yup,,, glad to hear that horn is working OK, must be back at apartment window again huh?

sounds familiar Burnzi, i also remember the 80's starting blues......battery leads, relay, big battery and 1.3 starter sorted my woes

 i had 2 lesbefriends living next door when they moved in i said good-day mate to 1 of them  , short hair elbows out mens blue bonds singlet  smokins a ciggar  raparound sunnies ,  drives a truck,   i bet thats not all she drives  i thought she was a bloke for a while untill i look again  with my glasses on  gee they build them tough ,    the 2 lesbefriends also had 2 pussys also the 4 legged type

Update for ya guys, stator has shit itself again, hopefully after another new one all should be good, thankyou for all your help, there is a wealth of knowledge on here which is awesome to see