Re: Hard Start on Warm Engine

Posted by LukeM on Aug 11, 2011; 1:18pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Hard-Start-on-Warm-Engine-tp3244055p3245893.html

I replaced the starter on my Shadow.  Symptoms were VERY slow cranking all the time, worse when hot, drained battery quickly.  I took it apart, and saw where the brushes were almost non-existent, and wires were burnt to a crisp.  I found a used one at a local MC junkyard (so I could continue to get the bike running), and got a kit to replace the brushes on the broken one.  It's a very easy procedure to rebuild it.  Just make sure you follow the manual step by step.

Luke M