It goes "click" ......

[Bixxer Bob]

...when I press the  starter button. 

Just fitted a new battery and though I'll start her up and see how it throws over.  Click,,,,, click,,,,, click.  Bugger!

Last few times she's been out she'd occasionally not throw and a quick wiggle of the clutch would sort it, so clutch switch is the first place to check.  Then the relay, then the sidestand switch.  Better now than when the sun's out I guess....

[Bixxer Bob]

And we have a result!  Clutch switch; quick spray with electrical cleaner and a few flexes and away she went.  So strip and clean the switch goes on the list.....

[PeteH]

If it plays up again check the push in blades under the plastic shroud, mine had come away from the cable and would make and break at will, the other end of the switch wiring is behind the cockpit so is easy to locate.

[Bixxer Bob]

Will do mate, thanks!

[Fross]

I had the same problem with my Triumph Trident Sprint, I never fixed it, just knew to wriggle the clutch lever to get the starter solenoid to operate.

[rf9rider]

Thought you`d be up on the electrics as you`ve had a few Italian bikes to play with recently 

[cosmo]

Thought you`d be up on the electrics as you`ve had a few Italian bikes to play with recently 

That won't be any use. Italian electrics share only wire with English 'lectrics. Whilst the proper English motorcycle will use one wire to go from component to component, each of which has a proper use and reason for being; the average Italian motorcycle will use two or three wires from each component, all of which will disappear into the loom and may, or may not reappear. Said components, too, may not have a proper use; Uncle Luigi possibly needed to dispose of some spares, or there was a boot sale down on the main road. One constant seems to be the coil wire running through the taillamp circuit.

It has happened, on occasion, that the headlight has been removed for inspection, and t'was found that all the wires from the main harness were disconnected from each other and yet, the motorcycle had worked better than before.

Cosmo

P.S. Not to get yer knickers in a bunch, the above may be sarcasm. Possibly. Or the voice of experience.

[Bixxer Bob]

 

[metalguru]

Took my clutch switch off when it started playing up, perhaps it needs adjusting I thought, positioned it exactly on an anvil and hit it with the appropriate club hammer. Terminated the cables in the handlebar loom. Any problems with clutch switch well and truly sorted.

[Bixxer Bob]

Sounds like a plan!   

[Fross]

Took my clutch switch off when it started playing up, perhaps it needs adjusting I thought, positioned it exactly on an anvil and hit it with the appropriate club hammer. Terminated the cables in the handlebar loom. Any problems with clutch switch well and truly sorted.

I presume you need to join the two wires together. What happens if you accidently try and start the engine while in gear?

[Timbox2]

I presume you need to join the two wires together. What happens if you accidently try and start the engine while in gear?

You have to sit in the corner with a pointy hat on

[Bixxer Bob]

My Blackbird doesn't have the clutch switch.  If you're a big enough muppet to hit the starter with it in gear (and I am, but only once) it kind of tries to leave without you......

[Fross]

You have to sit in the corner with a pointy hat on

Sorry for my silly question, all my bikes apart from my Girly have kickstarters, I know straight away if they're in gear.

[Sin_Tiger]

What happens if you accidently try and start the engine while in gear?

You'll only do it once