Hi all - this may be one for the electrical gurus.
My bike (as above) has had a very recent new battery and new starter motor. Initially the starter button was not cranking the bike and I have fixed that (corrosion in terminal blocks under front of tank) but in the process of looking at all aspects I found that the starter had shed a magnet so I fitted a new one (HC Cargo). The battery was also not doing well (3 years old) so I replaced that too with Exide AGM model from Tayna.
So now, using my CTEK charger I get the battery to full charge and when I press the starter button I just get a 'clacking' sound as though the starter pinion is not fully engaging in the flywheel. I have measured the resistance of the positive lead to the terminal on the starter and get 0 ohms and the same between the earth lead connection to the battery and the starter motor body, also 0 ohms.
If I connect a larger battery in parallel with the starter (i.e. +ve to starter motor terminal and -ve to engine block) the starter engages properly and the bike fires up as normal.
The starter on this bike has always seemed to turn the bike over relatively slowly whichever iteration of starter and battery I have been on.
I did not have this 'clacking noise' problem with any of the previous starter motors.
Any ideas what the problem might be?
Many thanks, Nick
My bike (as above) has had a very recent new battery and new starter motor. Initially the starter button was not cranking the bike and I have fixed that (corrosion in terminal blocks under front of tank) but in the process of looking at all aspects I found that the starter had shed a magnet so I fitted a new one (HC Cargo). The battery was also not doing well (3 years old) so I replaced that too with Exide AGM model from Tayna.
So now, using my CTEK charger I get the battery to full charge and when I press the starter button I just get a 'clacking' sound as though the starter pinion is not fully engaging in the flywheel. I have measured the resistance of the positive lead to the terminal on the starter and get 0 ohms and the same between the earth lead connection to the battery and the starter motor body, also 0 ohms.
If I connect a larger battery in parallel with the starter (i.e. +ve to starter motor terminal and -ve to engine block) the starter engages properly and the bike fires up as normal.
The starter on this bike has always seemed to turn the bike over relatively slowly whichever iteration of starter and battery I have been on.
I did not have this 'clacking noise' problem with any of the previous starter motors.
Any ideas what the problem might be?
Many thanks, Nick