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is how my bike starts. Old batt died, put new battery in and when I hit start the initial cycle of the starting process, when the starter turns and makes that hipitch sound while it rapidly cranks the starter I guess, it's drawn out. Picture the starting sequence from hitting start (and the associated sounds) as a graph, like an EKG: take either end of the line of that EKG and pull them away from eachother, and that's what I'm talking about.
I.E. rather than several rapid cycles as in normal starting it begins with a few-second kind of whine and then it begins cranking normally and starts. After the bike runs for a while each subsequent start is normal, sounds strong.
Is that completely hard to understand?
It's hard to describe and that's about the best I can do. It's behaving like the battery is dying, like starting after sitting for a few weeks. But it doesn't seem to be the juice of the battery (i.e. it's strong)...maybe one of the starting mechanisms/components is on the outs?
Any insight is greatly appreciated!
I.E. rather than several rapid cycles as in normal starting it begins with a few-second kind of whine and then it begins cranking normally and starts. After the bike runs for a while each subsequent start is normal, sounds strong.
Is that completely hard to understand?
Any insight is greatly appreciated!