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Offline Locky

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Mind of its own !
« on: October 07, 2012, 12:34:55 »
It first happened on ST5 , went to start the bike the clock needles went round , pulled in clutch , pressed starter and nothing ! Ignition off and try again and it fires up . Happened yesterday so pulled the clutch in/out a few times and it started , so I'm guessing at a faulty clutch lever switch . Can these be cleaned or should I just renew ?
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Offline loggamatt

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Mind of its own !
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2012, 12:40:59 »
Could just be lazy? I feel like that when my alarm goes off in the morning sometimes :)
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Re: Mind of its own !
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2012, 12:50:41 »
Quote from: "Locksmith"
It first happened on ST5 , went to start the bike the clock needles went round , pulled in clutch , pressed starter and nothing ! Ignition off and try again and it fires up . Happened yesterday so pulled the clutch in/out a few times and it started , so I'm guessing at a faulty clutch lever switch . Can these be cleaned or should I just renew ?

Can't hurt to start out trying to clean it with lots of WD40. Worst-case scenario: replace it!
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Re: Mind of its own !
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2012, 13:46:53 »
If you have an alarm/immobiliser fitted this might also be the problem. They can be a real headache and I personally would never fit one. Had to take the one of my Vee as this was causing  problems.
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Offline Locky

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Re: Mind of its own !
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2012, 14:42:04 »
No alarm etc fitted , more trouble than what they are worth ..
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Offline Strommer

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Re: Mind of its own !
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2012, 14:46:43 »
Does it fire if you are quick, but not fire if you delay between switch on and the start button?
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Re: Mind of its own !
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2012, 17:32:00 »
Not sure Strommer , I'll try it if it happens again . I've removed the clutch switch and washed it out with contact cleaner , I'll see how it goes now .
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Re: Mind of its own !
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2012, 17:31:03 »
Mine was doing that recently too, I checked all of the switches, but it was the starter switch, a prolonged squirt of wd40 cleaned it out and alls now good, starting first prod again.
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