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My starter solenoid has been acting up for some time. Every now and then it would just click, and not actually engage the starter. Now with the cold weather upon me, all it does is click.
I went to Auto Zone and paid a whole $7.98 for a heavy duty tractor starter solenoid. Since my street fighter is all custom, I bolted the solenoid to the frame. You'll have to come up with your own mounting if you have a stock airbox and all, but the frame of the solenoid must be grounded somehow.
Then I got some wire and some spare spade connectors. One wire goes from the trigger post on the starter solenoid, and the other end has a spade connector which plugs into the stock starter solenoid connector, at to the yellow/red wire.
The other wire goes from the battery positive, to a generic spade fuse connector, and has a spade connector on the end that plugs into the connector at the white wire.
Works flawlessly, and my starter actually spins much faster now.
Just wanted to clue you guys into a DIRT CHEAP replacement. It takes some modification, but it works great. I've also done this mod on an early Yamaha Virago and it basically SOLVED my starter problems. (Viragos are notorious for clunky grinding starters). This cheap little solenoid flows a LOT more juice than a 20+ year old corroded Kawasaki part, and it's completely sealed so it can't corrode like the stocker.
Charles.
I went to Auto Zone and paid a whole $7.98 for a heavy duty tractor starter solenoid. Since my street fighter is all custom, I bolted the solenoid to the frame. You'll have to come up with your own mounting if you have a stock airbox and all, but the frame of the solenoid must be grounded somehow.
Then I got some wire and some spare spade connectors. One wire goes from the trigger post on the starter solenoid, and the other end has a spade connector which plugs into the stock starter solenoid connector, at to the yellow/red wire.
The other wire goes from the battery positive, to a generic spade fuse connector, and has a spade connector on the end that plugs into the connector at the white wire.
Works flawlessly, and my starter actually spins much faster now.
Just wanted to clue you guys into a DIRT CHEAP replacement. It takes some modification, but it works great. I've also done this mod on an early Yamaha Virago and it basically SOLVED my starter problems. (Viragos are notorious for clunky grinding starters). This cheap little solenoid flows a LOT more juice than a 20+ year old corroded Kawasaki part, and it's completely sealed so it can't corrode like the stocker.
Charles.
