There's some merit in Minnesota's Blues' educated guess. A little moisture, in the form of condensation or even humidity, coupled with a loose electrical connection, could cause juice to arc across the connection, causing the starter to engage momentarily and prematurely.
Emphasis on "could," cuz I don't know for sure either. But considering the fact that the issue goes away after the initial contact and doesn't repeat once the connection has warmed up, it sounds reasonable. The arcing itself could cause the warm-up/dry out process of that particular connection. In other words, the motor would not have to be running, generating heat, to effect the dry out, because we're talking a minimal amount of moisture. So the issue could disappear until next time conditions are "right." As for a fix, cleaning and tightening electrical connections between the battery and the solenoid/starter assembly, is my only suggestion. There's some stuff called Caig Deoxit, an electronics cleaner/ deoxidizer that performs magic for electrical connections (kinda like Seafoam does with fuel systems). Just Google it for a description. On Apr 24, 12:00 am, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > *Anyone have any insights on this one? > * > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 4:47 AM, 750S <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok so this one seems a little (actually a lot) strange to me, but I > > hope someone on here, has heard of this before and can tell where to > > start to look for a problem. It seems that that after my bike has sat > > unused for a couple of days (2 or 3) when I first turn the key to the > > 'On" position there is a quick (what sounds like) engagement of the > > solenoid and starter. It only lasts for about 1/2 second. Just long > > enough to actually hear it. It will only happen once after sitting for > > a few days. No matter how many times I turn igition on and off to get > > it to repeat it does not. It has to sit. The bike in question is 85 > > CB750SC. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
