first off please excuse my ignorance in terms if I call or say something the wrong name... still learning these things.
So I bought this bike used from someone in my riding club and it had a few issues but the guy fixed those over the weekend then rode it over to my place so I didn't have to ride in the rain. everything sounds and looks fine at this point.
Few days later I go to start it to ride to my college class and it cranks but doesn't start... i tried and tried and tried till the battery didn't have enough charge to even crank... yeah stupid i know but that's the past. put battery on charger. week later i try again and it starts just fine, works for 3 days then back to the problem I had at first, so put battery on charger and try again the next day... it works... to make a longer story short it does this off and on till last week when it wouldn't start at all and then solenoid went out on me (I think... I push the starter button and nothing happens... well the lights dim a little but that's it and if I hold starter button I can jump the circuit with a screw driver but still won't start).
So today I decided to put my grease monkey hat on and se what I could do... checked the spark plugs, little bit dirty but fine otherwise. cleaned them off before re installing. battery *was* full charged but it's also not dead yet. tank has gas, not a lot but enough i can hear it slosh around when i shake bike, checked pet ****, kill switch is set to on. if you can name an idiot thing to check for I probably already did it.... 98% chance. my bike doesn't have any of the safety checks, I have been able to start it with ks down and not holding throttle, however in my riding class I was taught to start in neutral, hold throttle and brake and have ks up... just one of those things they taught us as just in case measure... so I did all that too. I couldn't do it all at once due to having to jump solenoid circuit but like I said it's never been an issue before.
here's an audio file I recorded of what happens when I try to start the bike... you can hear it wants to start but i can't get it to run.... I think the first few seconds is the longest it goes for.
Playing: mc issue.mp3 - picosong
So what would my problem be?
I have had it running before and have ridden it a couple hundred miles since getting it.
Also when it does run and sits idle for too long (like 30 seconds or so) or i'm stuck in rush hour traffic, the pipes turn red hot (as in they belt my boots if i get to close and the pipes are literally glowing red if it's dark out and the one under my right leg starts burning my thigh). this can't be normal, let alone safe, what would cause this?
Last but least, any idea where in San Antonio, TX (preferably) or online I can buy a replacement solenoid for my bike?
I think I covered everything...
So I bought this bike used from someone in my riding club and it had a few issues but the guy fixed those over the weekend then rode it over to my place so I didn't have to ride in the rain. everything sounds and looks fine at this point.
Few days later I go to start it to ride to my college class and it cranks but doesn't start... i tried and tried and tried till the battery didn't have enough charge to even crank... yeah stupid i know but that's the past. put battery on charger. week later i try again and it starts just fine, works for 3 days then back to the problem I had at first, so put battery on charger and try again the next day... it works... to make a longer story short it does this off and on till last week when it wouldn't start at all and then solenoid went out on me (I think... I push the starter button and nothing happens... well the lights dim a little but that's it and if I hold starter button I can jump the circuit with a screw driver but still won't start).
So today I decided to put my grease monkey hat on and se what I could do... checked the spark plugs, little bit dirty but fine otherwise. cleaned them off before re installing. battery *was* full charged but it's also not dead yet. tank has gas, not a lot but enough i can hear it slosh around when i shake bike, checked pet ****, kill switch is set to on. if you can name an idiot thing to check for I probably already did it.... 98% chance. my bike doesn't have any of the safety checks, I have been able to start it with ks down and not holding throttle, however in my riding class I was taught to start in neutral, hold throttle and brake and have ks up... just one of those things they taught us as just in case measure... so I did all that too. I couldn't do it all at once due to having to jump solenoid circuit but like I said it's never been an issue before.
here's an audio file I recorded of what happens when I try to start the bike... you can hear it wants to start but i can't get it to run.... I think the first few seconds is the longest it goes for.
Playing: mc issue.mp3 - picosong
So what would my problem be?
I have had it running before and have ridden it a couple hundred miles since getting it.
Also when it does run and sits idle for too long (like 30 seconds or so) or i'm stuck in rush hour traffic, the pipes turn red hot (as in they belt my boots if i get to close and the pipes are literally glowing red if it's dark out and the one under my right leg starts burning my thigh). this can't be normal, let alone safe, what would cause this?
Last but least, any idea where in San Antonio, TX (preferably) or online I can buy a replacement solenoid for my bike?
I think I covered everything...