Starter Relay, 1997 GPZ500 S

[Chris45]

Covered over 60 miles this afternoon in glorious weather when all of a sudden and without warning the bike cut out. Drifted to a halt in the middle of nowhere and did a few checks as below.

1. Checked electrics, lights, indicators, horn etc - all working fine.
2. Checked fuses, all of them, all in perfect condition.
3. Checked electrical connections to the battery etc - all okay.

Pressed the starter button and heard a rapid click, click, click, click noise from the starter solenoid. Didn't have a screwdriver handy to arc across the contacts unfortunately. So if it is the starter solenoid, why did the engine cut out? All else seems fine.

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[Rogerborg]

I'd be suspecting the main engine earth based on those symptoms and the lack of mention of an alarm.
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[Robby]

Classic reg/rec failure symptoms.

Start the bike, multimeter across the terminals of the battery set to volts. If you have about 14.5V at 4000rpm, it isn't the reg/rec. If you have more like 12V, it is.

Unless it's the stator, this being a GPZ500.

[Chris45]

[stinkwheel]

Check the wiring inside the main fuse cover (on top of the starter solenoid). Especially the fat white one. They corrode to buggery.
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