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Electric start.

  • 09-01-2012 7:44pm
    #1
    defike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 222 ✭✭


    Bike been in the shed for a year .Got it out last week to start it and check it.
    Charged battery now lights and things work but when i press the stater nothing.It starts OK with the kick start.
    My question is I have 12v going to the start button and away from it so where does it go to next(straight to starter motor?)
    To prove starter motor would it be ok to flash 12v directly onto it.(just for a second). The bikes a Sachs 125 scooter type thing.


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  • #2
    defike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 222 ✭✭defike


    OK panic over.I've been using a Honda for over a year now and I'd forgotten about the kill switch on the clutch lever.


  • #3
    650Ginge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 900 ✭✭✭650Ginge


    Ah glad u got it sorted.

    All motorbike must have a kill switch even Hondas or Yamaha or triumph...:-)

    Done it loads of times myself.


  • #4
    alanmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,140 ✭✭✭alanmc


    Happened me a few years ago on a ZX-6R. Was in the process of dismantling the switchgear when I noticed the kill switch. Hehe.


  • #5
    Jackasaurus rex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 225 ✭✭Jackasaurus rex


    I disconnected that switch on my vespa when I snapped the clutch cable and had to get home bumping through the gears. ah you cant beat a roadside bodge


  • #6
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Two and a half hours before I realized the kickstand was down. Bike was in bits at that point.


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  • #7
    defike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 222 ✭✭defike


    Thanks guys feeling a little less stupid now.


  • #8
    KamiKazi
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭KamiKazi


    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    Two and a half hours before I realized the kickstand was down. Bike was in bits at that point.

    :D


  • #9
    Alkers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,908 ✭✭✭Alkers


    Did it start with the kick start with the kill switch on? :confused:


  • #10
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Simona1986 wrote: »
    Did it start with the kick start with the kill switch on? :confused:

    It started. But it cut out every time I put it in gear. Was more of a example of overlooking the obvious solution due to sheer stupidity.


  • #11
    Alkers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,908 ✭✭✭Alkers


    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    It started. But it cut out every time I put it in gear. Was more of a example of overlooking the obvious solution due to sheer stupidity.

    Sorry, I was asking about the OP. Bike shouldn't start at all with the kill switch on? Side stand makes sense for starting in neutral.


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  • #12
    defike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 222 ✭✭defike


    3 kill switches on bike.
    1 is button on bars
    2 is side stand
    3 is clutch lever.

    Number 1 prevents all starting but numbers 2 & 3 only kill the electric starter circuit so it will still start with the kickstart.


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