Solenoid Issue
 

I thought maybe some of you guys might find this interesting. I'm on my second solenoid, and now that is giving me some trouble. I came out Saturday morning and the solenoid would just click and not fire the bike. I fiddled around with it for a while, and I finally hit something that made it work. I didn't tighten the lock nuts down against the solenoid, and I didn't tighten the lock nuts down on the cables. If I tightened down the nuts, it would just start clicking again.
So, I left them a little loose and it's been fine ever since. I don't get it.

I think I'm gonna get a new solenoid as a backup in case this one stops working again. I found out they are about $50 to $60. The first replacement I got was out of a demo bike and didn't cost me anything.

Does anybody know why not tightening down the cable bolts (directly from the battery) would make the solenoid work again?

I can't see how the loosening of the lock nuts would make it function properly!

The only thing that comes to mind, is either you got two bad relays in a row, (loose fitting female lugs) or when you maneuver the relay to get to the fasteners, a short to ground is occurring somewhere on your motorcycle harness, causing intermittent low voltage to the relay coil.

I would look at those possibilities first.

Keek us posted,
Tigertamer