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#194103 eirinn99 (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 261 just one starter spin 3 Years ago   I have a question about my '03 wild star (1600 engine and a six years old battery...). When I turn on my bike, the starter only takes one spin (just every now and then, not always) then it stops immediately even if I hold the starter button on. I wait 5-10 seconds, then re-push the starter button, and the second time the starters makes his job. Is it the old battery?   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #194106 Musky (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 15137 Re:just one starter spin 3 Years ago   Mine does that once in a while. Same thing on other bikes I have owned. But at six years old your battery is probably on the verge of leaving you some place you don't want to be left at.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #194191 Boatmark (User) Roadie fan, just blowin' down the road... Platinum Boarder Posts: 2731 Re:just one starter spin 3 Years ago   Mine too, I believe it is because sometimes a piston is positioned coming up on the compression stroke when you go to start it, I may be wrong.....   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #194242 Questcap (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3208 Re:just one starter spin 3 Years ago   Had it happen a time or two, and yeh, it's related to a piston compressing just as the starter is getting up to speed, and it doesn't have the torque to overcome it. That's why, when you wait a few seconds, the compression leaks down, and you get just about the optimum time for the starter to get up to full crank and do its thing... also, if your battery is old and losing some of its oomph, you can get the same effect... only more frequently, like you're experiencing now. It's probably due... replace it.   Logged     Sig pic deleted - larger than 450 pixels and 50 kb   The administrator has disabled public write access. #194246 bushrjackson (User) she's pretty EH? Gold Boarder Posts: 613 Re:just one starter spin 3 Years ago   No matter what the cause you wanna change the battery   Logged     2006, 3\\\\\\\" HK rez tec\\\\\\\'s   The administrator has disabled public write access. #194342 Cougar (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3210 Re:just one starter spin 3 Years ago   Hey Erinn what brand is the battery,I would love to have one that lasts me 6 years...it is a stock one????wow..Coug   Logged     Last Edit: 2009/05/12 06:30 By Cougar.     The administrator has disabled public write access. #194472 eirinn99 (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 261 Re:just one starter spin 3 Years ago   thanks to all! Cougar, mine is still the stock battery (Yuasa) I'm going to replace it with another yuasa as soon as possible. I will go in Iceland this summer, and I don't like the idea of being stuck in the middle of nowhere   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #194483 Cougar (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3210 Re:just one starter spin 3 Years ago   I have heard that if you are going to get stuck Iceland is a good place to be when it happens...enjoy the ride....Coug   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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