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Originally Posted by stillben
Hi all
It got me thinking to the last issue bike had when it stopped working at the end of Octiber. The starter relay did that thing where it stopped on and wouldn't switch off without battery disconnection. It did this when it was in a garage getting an MOT so may well have been doing it for a while and damaged the brushes before the mechanic noticed it. He replaced the relay for a better one and I ran it for about a week during which it got harder to start and finally wouldn't.
I got the battery checked at a workshop and it has enough amps.
So I am now thinking the starter motor is damaged and only able to turn weakly and not generate enough sparks. I had a damaged floor polisher which still span but wouldn't polish floors, as it was too slow and weak, which is kind of the same thing!
Ben
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This is important info you should have divulged at the beginning  
I've had bikes with dodgy starter motors that draw SOOO many amps (shorting out) that the bike literally doesn't have anything left for the ignition system.
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