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Woodman
Posted on Monday, December 28, 2009 - 11:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

my xb12stt starts slow like it will hardly
turn over then it starts . i use a battery tender,have replaced the battery and the voltage reads 12.4 on the battery. when started it reads about 13.2- 13.5(just had the stator replaced) please help
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Akbuell
Posted on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 10:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Check battery cables, both pos and neg, and make sure they are tight and the contacts are clean. At both ends of each cable.

If the problem isn't fixed, then try swapping the Ign and Acc relays.

Easy to do, and a good place to start. Hope this helps, Dave
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Sparky
Posted on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 03:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

What is the ambient temperature when you are trying to start the bike? If it's 50 deg F or below, that will make it harder to crank over if you are not using the prescribed viscosity rated oil.

Either that or your battery has marginal charge capacity because it is not fully charged or perhaps there is a relatively high resistance in either of the cables from the battery to the starter.
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Buell_bert
Posted on Monday, January 04, 2010 - 06:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yea Sparky is right and your from NC. I live in WI. and my lawnmower/snowblower or my 8N Ford tractor would not start or it was extremely hard unless I had very light oil in either. Also my Buells are garaged but still start slower if the temp is low (close to freezing, 35-45F). The battery must be in great shape and the connections clean. Heck any engine is like that. Also I would think the voltage when running at 1500-2000 rpm would be 13.8-14.5.
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Woodman
Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 05:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

turns out my new battery was bad. it was under waranty , now it turns right over thanks for the help
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Paniller
Posted on Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 11:47 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks for the update, Woodman.

Was it turning slow, as in like cranking one slow rotation a second instead of the usual 4 or so that most engines seem to do?

My bike starts, but only the second turn, which is like several seconds later. I'm wondering if they're supposed to be like this or if something's off.
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Woodman
Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 10:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

mine would start on the second turn and no its not suppose to be like that. normaly the bike will just turn fast and fire
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