This post disturbs me a bit. I am a fair mechanic. I
bought my Max at the end of August this year. I
ordered it and it is a 2001. I have put 2000 miles on
her. I am in Ohio and I am insured till Dec 1st. About
two weeks ago I put her away but hoped for another day
of riding before 12-1-00.
I went out to start her on Thanksgiving and the
battery was noticeable low. The thing that scared me
was the starter. I only got maybe three revolutions on
it before the solenoid disengaged and the starter
spinned out without turning the engine. In the first
place I am very disapointed in the battery's ability
to maintain a charge but worse than that I have never
cranked the starter more than maybe 5 revolutions on a
full charge. It has not been abused. Should I take
the bike back to the dealer? Or is this typical? I
hope not because without a kick starter I would hate
to push this 600 lb monster.
Dave
--- TC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Darrin,
> I doubt you burnt up the starter ... (assuming the
> bike will still
> crank ... if not then I missed the whole point on
> your post ... once
> the battery gets weak though you will just get
> clicks of course ... ).
>
> When you do try to re-start you should limit your
> cranking blasts to
> 5-7 seconds and then wait 15-30 seconds or more ...
> the starter heats
> up very fast ... and I actually did seize one on
> another bike one time
> .... (the bike just refused to crank anymore at all
> .. but after
> letting it sit about 20 min it started just fine ...
> so I can only
> assume it really did seize in the housing due to the
> heat ... it
> apparently did not hurt it though as it still works
> fine today ..).
>
> Once your plugs get wet .. it can get very tricky to
> start in cold
> weather because that excess fuel doesn't evaporate
> very fast ... If
> you don't get better results this morning ... I
> would highly recommend
> pulling the plugs and see what they look like ... It
> wouldn't hurt to
> help them dry out either .......
>
> You can also get a backfire through the carbs if you
> have a "lean"
> mixture as it will fire prematurely but I don't
> think this is your
> problem ...
> campbell
>
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