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I have a 2008 KLR650 with a starting problem.
When the "starter button" works, it works now. However, on infrequent occasions when the starter button is pushed, nothing happens.
My first impression is the starter button/switch is going bad. On the occasions when it does not start, you just keep playing around and about the time you are ready to give-up, it starts and keeps starting. So, it is making it very difficult to fix "when it ain't broke." I might add, it is an electrical issue failing to energize the starter. No click - no nothing. Just silence. Dead. All electrics on bike light-up and does not dim when you hit starter button. Something is just not contacting it seems.
Before I start just doing things, my thought are the starter switch on in the handlebar controls, ground from the battery, or ?????
Open to your ideas, suggestions, etcetera.
When the "starter button" works, it works now. However, on infrequent occasions when the starter button is pushed, nothing happens.
My first impression is the starter button/switch is going bad. On the occasions when it does not start, you just keep playing around and about the time you are ready to give-up, it starts and keeps starting. So, it is making it very difficult to fix "when it ain't broke." I might add, it is an electrical issue failing to energize the starter. No click - no nothing. Just silence. Dead. All electrics on bike light-up and does not dim when you hit starter button. Something is just not contacting it seems.
Before I start just doing things, my thought are the starter switch on in the handlebar controls, ground from the battery, or ?????
Open to your ideas, suggestions, etcetera.