G'day guys,
Well, after staying up all hours sorting a few little bits on the bike, I still ended up missing last weekends RTE because an intermittent starting problem, which was slowly getting worse, seems to have settled into permanency... The bike was having this issue before I bought it, but the previous owner got it sorted at a local bike mechanic before I took possession. It took a couple weeks before symptoms started showing again and it has slowly gotten worse.
Basically, the issue is that when I hit start, I can hear, and feel the starter relay click, but nothing happens. The lights, dash lights etc all function as normal when ignition is on, lights cut out as they should when I hit start, but nothing else happens.
In cleaning up the terminals around the starter relay I thought the red plug didn't look too sturdy, but I only realised how bad it was when I saw Alans post
http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=5948.0, mine is almost completely broken away inside, with the front two connectors floating free (ie, no plastic housing separating them). So, I'm
presuming this is my problem... Any other insights are more than welcome though!
I guess ultimately I'll do a mod to bypass the relay and feed power directly to the ignition, but right now, I just want to get it running as quickly as possible, I've got a couple weeks off over Christmas and had planned to visit family through Vic & SA, so it goes without saying I'd rather be spending my Christmas break riding than spannering!!!
My local Honda dealer seems to have a hard time getting parts for the ST, would anyone happen to have one of these connectors laying around spare that I could purchase? ...that is, of course, all presuming this is the problem...
...any gurus around the Geelong area able to give me a hand tracking this problem down if I get stuck?
Thanks guys!!!