Electric Starter fault

[Emmohaswheelsagain]

Great weather today so decided to give the bike and me a short shake down after fitting a new battery.
No real issues until I returned home. The bike failed to start on the button, just a loud click from the relay.
The bike has a solid state Durit relay, no visible fault, earth ok, wires fine, strange that the fault appeared after a 20 minute ride, never done this before. Any ideas?

[MickeyMoto]

Have you had a meter on the wire to the starter to see if you get 12 volts when you press the button?

[Emmohaswheelsagain]

Hi Micky, hope you are well.
With regret I must report that there is adequate power reaching the electric motor.

Regards

Paul

[MickeyMoto]

Yes thank you, Paul, all good here in the tundra. Hope you are good, too.

Brushes are next stage.

[Emmohaswheelsagain]

I thought so, I need to give the starter a general overall, weak legs makes the electric boot essential these days, extra gym sessions doesn’t seem to compensate for the wear and tear that comes with age

[Emmohaswheelsagain]

Do I need any specialist tools to remove the electric start.
Not sure whether to leave it on the bench or have the starter repaired.
In recent weeks I have used the kick start without to much effort.
That said the e/start can be useful as back up.

Regards

Paul

[Stempy]

No just a 5mm Allen keys and a 17mm spannerto remove the starter shoes plus the chain , the starter shoes can be a bit tricky the center bolt is 17mm with a flat in the middle to hold the shaft when undoing the nut , some people make up a spacer for the bottem left bolt so you dont danage the casing form overtightning .

[Emmohaswheelsagain]

Thanks for the heads up.

[MickeyMoto]

Do I need any specialist tools to remove the electric start.
Not sure whether to leave it on the bench or have the starter repaired.
In recent weeks I have used the kick start without to much effort.
That said the e/start can be useful as back up.

Regards

Paul

The electric start is essential when stalling in gear in traffic!