starter just clicks?

[Anonymous]

hey there, i have been working on my 82 1100 lately, and last night i went to do some more work and then i found the starter only clicks when i press it, then the lights dim, i thought it might be the battery, so i charged it over night. what you guys think, battery might have gone on me? or what. thank you

[Anonymous]

new battery time

[Anonymous]

Could be the starter solenoid.

[Anonymous]

same thing happened to me yesterday after installing the freshly charged battery, the damn thing even started to smoke (the battery that is) I tightened the negative pole screws and wouldn't you know it turned over without a problem, could be that.
good luck

[Evil Hobbit]

Nick,
The same thing happened to me. I checked the output of the relay, OK. I check resistance between the relay and the starter, OK. So I pull the starter, no brainer if you have small tools. Pulled the starter away from the engine and hit the start button and the starter goes round............So I remount it. Turn the key hit the start button and the bike fires right up. Go figure I guess the starter was just .......stuck.

[Anonymous]

When that happened to me, it was the starter solenoid. It started burning out fuses, which was when I knew it had a short.

Michael