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Intermittent Starter Problem

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The bike and starter have been running fine with no issues at all. I rode it home from work, parked it, went back 15 minutes later and the starter stopped working for a while....as in, nothing happened when I hit the starter button...the key was on, bike in neutral, run switch was on. I kick started it and it fired right up, but made a strange noise that sounded like a gear whirring....sounded like it came from the left side. I shut it off and tried the starter again....still nothing. Kicked started it again, it started again, but the strange sound went away after a few seconds this time, then the bike started normally with the starter after that. This morning all's fine again, at least for now.

Any guesses what's going on? It's a '79 GS750E.
 
Did the starter motor seemed/sounded like it started to turn then stalled? did instrument lights go dim when you pressed starter button but motor didn't turn?
Might be time to investigate starter clutch!
 
tom203 said:
Did the starter motor seemed/sounded like it started to turn then stalled? did instrument lights go dim when you pressed starter button but motor didn't turn?
Might be time to investigate starter clutch!
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It looked and sounded to me as if nothing happened when I hit the starter button.....no noise, no dimming, no sound until after I kick started it.
 
Next time it behaves like this,put your other hand on solenoid when you press starter button -feel it click? The small wire on solenoid is the "trigger" wire.
 
Does that bike not have the clutch safety switch (i.e., both hands are busy)?
 
JMHJ said:
Does that bike not have the clutch safety switch (i.e., both hands are busy)?
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I remember when I first got my new 79 GS1000L. Took it for a spin and stopped at a beach. Tried to fire it back up and WTF. Took a few minutes to figure the clutch switch out. LOL
 
JMHJ said:
Does that bike not have the clutch safety switch (i.e., both hands are busy)?
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No clutch switch that I'm aware of. I just put it in neutral before I start it.

The starter issue has not resurfaced since I originally posted this.....guess I'll knock wood, and keep my fingers crossed that it was just an anomaly. :-\\\
 
Your clutch safety switch was probably bypassed by PO. But it might be sticking in "on" spot, waiting to work again- like when you stall out at uphill stop,with that SUV behind you. Best to be sure that it has been bypassed! Easy to check
 
The '79 had no clutch danger switch to bypass. That idiotic idea started in 1980, at least on the US models.
 
Thanks for the info.....I sure do learn some obscure stuff around here!
 
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