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Okay thanks and i have the manual that came with the bike and it the starter solenoid that clicks its not on the starter it nexts to the battery

I have the service manual that came with the bike and it's the starter relay/ solenoid that's next to the battery that clicks starter dont make a sound i took it off bike and jump it with jumping cables and it turns over

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Car starters usually have the relay ON the starter. Bikes do NOT.
That your relay clicks says that the safety switches are working right. If they weren't the relay wouldn't shift.

Jumpering power to the starter and the starter rolls says - your starter is fine.

Clicking relay can be- dead battery (because it's not getting charged when you run it or it's a dud and won't hold a charge) OR the relay won't pass current due to old age/ high mileage OR corroded terminals on the wires from the battery to the starter or starter to ground (if any ground cables).

Your first post said that the bike quit while running. Which suggests to me that the battery had finally discharged enough that it couldn't support the ignition system. Which points to not charging. Voltmeter test should tell.

Okay

Bike has 47,000 miles on it and it got new solenoid and I cleaned all the grounds and cable wires all I got left to do is test the voltage

Danielboone wrote:Bike has 47,000 miles on it and it got new solenoid and I cleaned all the grounds and cable wires all I got left to do is test the voltage

That's a LOT of miles for a small bike! All those steps should eliminate the other possibilities.

Another thing to be wary of is you probably need to recharge your new battery to start the bike to do the voltage test. I expect it's a pretty small battery which means that you can't use a typical car battery charger because it will put too much current in too quickly and overheat the battery (possibly warping the lead plates in it). Maybe 1 amp at most. Better 1/2 amp charge rate.


If you jumpstart the bike best to get the cables off quickly for the same reason as too big a charger.

But it wont ever turn over so can start it and i bought a expensive battery charger for motorcycles

All it does is same thing after charging battery or trying jump it just click could it realy be starter motor not strong anuff

Can't voltage test until I get it to crank and right now all it does is click after shutting down on me on interstate

Can't voltage test until I get it to crank and right now all it does is click after shutting down on me on interstate not trying to aggravate you just i cant even get it started even when i jump start it or anything but click sucks