No more E-start?

[wence]

My fuses are good and I am still waiting on the fuse block/ solenoid.
Cheers Mark

[Brecht803]

I have had the connection behind the headlight come apart twice from good crashes. I could start the bike with the kick starter but not the electric starter.

[scratch250]

I went with a scorpion battery 6 months ago, works great so far. Not sure this is the exact one. http://www.scorpionbattery.com/power...sstz7s-fp.html

[BeardPI]

Not long after I got my secondhand 2012 ec300 my starter did the same thing as described in wence's first post.

After months of frustration I ended up buying a new genuine GG relay locally for $100 and after 2 rides the same thing happened again, so I bought a cheap one from ebay (which turned out to be wrong anyway) then cut open the original to find out if there was anything fixable inside.

I discovered that the enameled wire from the coil had snapped off from one of the inner terminals where they are crimped over in the factory - no solder used at all. I cleaned it up best I could and soldered it back on, then dipped the whole thing in resin in the hope that it can't vibrate around and snap off again.

In my attached picture the right terminal is my "repair" and the left is how it came - the terminal is just folded over and cuts into the wire, eventually cutting through it.

So far it has been working ok most of the time, but I have had a few occasions where I get nothing when I press the button and I think the same thing has happened again.

[wence]

Thanks for that info.
I will check mine too.
The new one should be here next week but I will hopefully get time to check the old one out b4 that.
Cheers MArk

[Biff]

2012 EC300
Starter stopped working along with no power to rear
Light
Took to dealer, who traced it to broken wire in loom

[wence]

Originally Posted by phoenix

My relay/solenoid went bad on the 300. The piece tested fine, but when installed on another bike it was definitely dead. They can be purchased at Amazon and places like that much cheaper than OEM. I bought a few to have some spares.

http://www.amazon.com/Starter-Soleno...arter+solenoid

Later on, the bike quit starting again (not a peep) and I tore through the wiring harness to find that a wire had broken just behind the steering stem. The wire was hard to find because it had corroded and snapped underneath the protective sheathing.

You can quickly decide if the starter itself is the problem by grounding a battery charger to the frame and then very briefly touching the hot end to the hot wire on the starter. The starter should spin a little and then you'll know the problem is elsewhere. The solenoid would be my bet just because we've had three solenoids fail on three bikes. Sometimes they're just dead and don't make a sound and sometimes they'll click but not start.

Replaced solenoid....All good, starts really good now.
Cheers Mate,
Mark