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Originally Posted by G600
I had the exact same problem yesterday on my TT600RE.
The battery was low (it’s winter) and the solenoid stuck. This is solenoid is 6 months old, the last one had a different problem, it did not connect.
IMHO this design is rubbish, the solenoids are simply not up for the task. I don’t like the cost of replacing them on a regular basis and I HATE the idea of them failing in the middle of nowhere, where I do most of my riding.
So before I install the third one this year I will look at alternatives. I went out and bought this small car-solenoid for next-to-nothing, maybe a little update of electrical system is the way to go.. I will let you guys know..

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I had the same problem on my 2004 TT600RE first sign was the starter stuck on once then it was random only happened about 3 or 4 times whether the starter would turn over or not when you came to it for the next 4 weeks or so. I diagnosed it myself (wrongly) the starter relay/selonoid, I bought and fitted one and the bike was OK for 3 months then back to random turning over and then packed up altogether so instead of buying another relay for £40 I did the sensible thing and got my mate an excellent auto electrician to check it out and straight away he diagnosed a block connector behind the headlight that had that green corrosion on it so he cleaned that and the bike has been perfect ever since and now I have the original relay has a spare.
After having various niggling electrical faults on this not so Japanese bike I took all the connectors apart quite a few had green corrosion on them so cleaned them all then filled them full of petroleum jelly and not had a single electrical fault since and Ive got much more confidence in the electrics.
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Yamaha TT600RE 2004
Yamaha YZ250 2 stroke 99
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