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But my battery shows almost 14 volts when fully charged...it should around there and not 12 right? In the winter when the battery was nearly dead it would atleast crank the starter for a minute until the battery was fully dead.

Well, I ordered a new starter relay...looks to be nos or from a very well taken care of bike....it included the black wire to the starter so I took the old one off as well. Sweating and grunting for an hour....get it back together push the button and that stupid oil light just flicks on and no start...

Yep, the screwdriver trick worked...started up instantly! at least it isn't something more complex. Thanks everybody

Seems like it huh? Would that be consistent with the intermittent start I experienced at first? The connections are corroded super bad, should I try to clean them up and see if that does the trick? A new one is $57 from powersportspro Thanks again!

First off thanks for the advice. Heres what I did: connected the negative from the meter to negative post of battery then tested positive wire on the solenoid and it shows around 12v all the time(but isn't this just the reading from the battery?) then I connected it to the other big wire and it does...

I tried checking the solenoid...I think...it's that big lump with 3 wires next to the battery? I put a voltmeter on the positive and negative wires and it showed 12ish volts. When I did this and pushed the start button the volts jumped a little for a sec. I then put the positive voltmeter on the lit...

Here is the story. My 96 FZR600 sat outside covered all winter...I would start it every few days or so and ride it when warm enough. Then about a month ago it would only start sometimes. It wouldn't crank at all, I would push the starter button and nothing. However the red oil light would come on un...