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aesmith · 13-01-20, 09:23 AM

Well this isn't going according to plan, although not necessarily a disaster. I couldn't get it to fail at all at the weekend, so was not able to do any troubleshooting. Looking back there were a few days in the week when it started first time, but more so towards the end. On Friday it needed two goes in the morning, then started first time on the way home and first time at the petrol station.

Also reading the circuit diagram properly my idea about the sidestand relay is in fact nonsense. Flipping the run switch off/on would affect that relay, and in fact if the relay wasn't close the FI wouldn't be enabled. So it can't be that.

I think the only bits that affect the starter but not the ECU are the starter button, the starter relay, the clutch switch and the starter itself.

So maybe that clutch switch was the culprit all along.

13-01-20, 09:23 AM	#9
aesmith Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 966	Re: Intermittent Starter Problem - 650 Pointy Well this isn't going according to plan, although not necessarily a disaster. I couldn't get it to fail at all at the weekend, so was not able to do any troubleshooting. Looking back there were a few days in the week when it started first time, but more so towards the end. On Friday it needed two goes in the morning, then started first time on the way home and first time at the petrol station. Also reading the circuit diagram properly my idea about the sidestand relay is in fact nonsense. Flipping the run switch off/on would affect that relay, and in fact if the relay wasn't close the FI wouldn't be enabled. So it can't be that. I think the only bits that affect the starter but not the ECU are the starter button, the starter relay, the clutch switch and the starter itself. So maybe that clutch switch was the culprit all along.