I had the same thing happen on my 1000ss. There are so many interlocks on these new fi bikes it is insane. Mine turned out to be a bad ground, that was intermittant. It was impossible to determine the problem myself, went through all the checks i could. What happens is the solnoid clicks, but it is closing and immediately reopening...it sounds like 1 click but it is actually being left open after you hear it click closed. This is likely due to 1 of about 15 things that is interlocking it from keeping the solnoid closed.

If you short out the terminals to get full voltage to the starter, it still won't start if it has an interlock in. The bikes with the electronic keys can not be started via voltage to the one side of the starter. All interlocks have to be clear. I tried battery cables in every way possible, and none worked. The battery was fine, the solnoid turned out ot be fine as well.(and although the mechanic changed the starter motor, I beleive it was fine too), but he found the ground problem after replacing the starter.

Lou


Modified by Lou at 6:28 PM 5/26/2005