greenbaron
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Hey all, long time. 2005 RIII when press start button, silence. This was happening intermittently over the past couple years, not often, but it did happen. I would just sit there and keep trying and it would suddenly fire normally. Ended up getting a fresh battery in the bike last year and it didn't happen again. Until recently, and now it is for good apparently. I kept thinking it had to be the start button switch, so took it apart and indeed the contacts were dirty, took a pencil eraser to both ends but no joy. Finally got the multimeter and there is good continuity when the button is depressed, contact is made on the back side of that little white board, so that ain't it. Everything else is normal when I turn the key in the ignition, it goes thru normal start up, horn and lights and blinkers all work, but no sound whatsoever when start button is pressed. So it's the starter? When I think of a starter failing, I think of noises. This one is just quiet. Any ideas are welcome. The kill switch on the left side of the image below works too... I can't afford hauling to the dealer right now, can't get out of there without spending 700$ on a good day, much less walking in there with an undiagnosed issue....