The easiest way to test it is to take it off the bike and use jumper cables to briefly power it from a known good battery. As long as you've gone that far though you might as well take the end off and see how the brushes look.
-Kyle On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 2:29 PM, 'Hawaii Sean' via Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]> wrote: > I rode my bike to a breakfast meeting - bike started fine. Then to a > client site, parked for 20 minutes - bike started fine. Then next meeting, > 2 hours later and starter just clicks. Bump start no problem. Drive to > office - wont start - bump start easily. Ride home turn off the bike and > immediately hit the starter button and BIKE STARTS. Wait 5 minutes and > bike WONT START. Bump start - ride 1/4 mile - turn off - immediately hit > the starter button and BIKE STARTS. Wait 1 minute and bike WONT START. > > Solenoid clicks, battery is ~12.5, charging system is ~13.5. > > I just had the starer rebuilt maybe 2 years ago*.* Does this sound like > a starter? > > Seems like the starter to me. How do I test the starter? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
