No electric start on x7

hey guys, well this is my first post. i picked up a x7 on craigslist the other day for only $130(guy wanted $175) and everythings good on it jus had to get a new tank and throttle cable but i wanted to ask about the electric start. when i press the start button(throttle side) i get nothing, i have no prob pull starting it but would just b nice for electric start to work for the cool factor u could say

i was going to test it with my multi meter but my buddies got it. i checked all the wiring and all looks good, do u guys thing its just the starter itself?

thanks

Try holding in the left brake lever than hitting the starter button.

Perhaps its the battery?

ill have to try the brake holding thing.

and it could b, the guy said the bike was sitting in his garage for 3 months so i got a charger for it that ima try to bring it back with that and c how it does

well i plugged the charger straight to the battery and tryed while it was hooked up and jus got a clicking from the solenoid under the tank while holding the left brake. im guessing the battery didnt have enough juise since it was only on 5 minutes.

but how long should i let the battery charge till its done cause the charger is an older one and doesnt have any lights on it

hey guys, well today i charged my bike about 2 hours and went to try the electric start to only get a ticking from the solenoid under the tank.

so what do u guys think the problem is?

Try charging the battery for like 8 hours or even over night. Have you checked for any loose connections at all? A thought my X-7 woundn't hold a charge when i first got it and I seen the ground wire was grounded to the starter housing. I thought what an odd place to ground the motor to so i moved it to one of the motor mount bolts and it started holding a charge. Now I don't know if just moving it helped or if it was because I scraped the paint off around the bolt hole on the motor mount and got a better ground. Also my X-7 rarely starts the first time with the electric start but if I start it the first time using the pull starter it will start right up with the electric starter after and I mean right after kinda weird. So I guess what I'm saying is to check for any loose connection and check that you are getting a good ground. If the connections and ground ckeckout ok and it still don't seem to want to start with the electric starter after charging the battery over night test the battery with a volt meter if you can or take it somewhere that can test it for you. It should have 12 volts. If it does the battery is good and the solenoid is bad and if it don't the battery is bad.

thanks for that post, when i pulled some of the plastics off to clean the bike i got a glance of wher ethe ground it and i can remeber if was attached somewhere on the case under the exhaust but ill check again for sure tomorrow and check wire over again aswell. i gotta get my multimeter back so i can test some numbers with it too.

for charging, i havent delt with batteries for a while but is the battery supposed to get a lil on the warm side?

Just clean both the ring connector and scrape some of the paint off around the bolt hole for the ground and reattach it just to make sure your getting a good ground.

Just how are you charging the battery and what type of charger are you using? If the battery gets alittle warm I would think that would be kinda normal.

ok ill do that with the grounds and check em out.

for the charger, its an older Century 1 Amp that has the 6v/12v selection and connects with clamps like u would have on jumper cables but smaller ofcourse

Ok that charger should be safe to use since it's the 1 amp type.
It does start ok with the pull starter right?

ok cool, and yea its starts right up with it

im not trying to but in on this post but i just have 2 ?'s could i put an electric start on my 49cc cag or no and if so how would i do that

A matter of fact you can find on ebay a electric starter for the cag motor and I believe it comes out of Germany.

jus thought i would let u know that i checked the ground out, looks good and sanded it down. charged the battery up and still jus get a click from the relay, so im going to b getting a new battery and relay

what is the electric start called may i know to pick one up

hey guys well update on trying to fix my electric start, got my new relay in yesterday, put it in today and still get the clicking from it.

do u think i should get a new starter next? im going to c if i can return the relay and swap it out. i tryed hooking a carger negative to the battery and positive to the post on the side of the starter and got nothin from it. is that a way that would work to test it?

bump.....

any ideas

Pull the pull start off and take alook into the electric start and see if anything look burnt. Have you checked all the electrical connections even by pulling on each wire at the connections to see if any are loose or burn marks? Try hooking the neg to the frame and the hot to the starter.

ok cool thanks ill try that out, and i looked over the electrical and all looks good but i didnt actually pull on the connections to make sure the wires are all in there