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Hi my names jason from deepest darkest mid wales and have only just passed my test a couple of weeks ago have gone an bought myself a shiny red 98 firestorm (oh dear must be mad ) well picked her up thurs night an all went well on the 40 odd mile journey home till i went an turned it off at the petrol station ....you guessed it!! would she start, would it buggery sounded a lot like a flat battery any how got a jump start an made it home no problems . then a lot of reading on here an the offending bolt in the starter has been replaced today an starts first press of button now..result..will get some pictures up tomorrow but it has braided hoses , lower fairing,scott oiler, seat cowl,double bubble dark screen and a Ohlins rear shock absorber. now just need to find out if those pesky cct's have been done....

bellow and welcome
and do your r/r as that is my thinking as to why it would not start after a long run
have you been on a long run since you cleaned up the starter bolt ?

welcome jason, no doubt you have been bitten by the v-twin bug, any questions you have will be anwsered on this forum sometimes even correctly........
look forward to seeing some pictures of your bike buddy.....

nope not yet tommorw gonna go out ...think its sorted though as the bolt came away from the starter in my hand when pulling off the rubber cover ...did check battery seem to be charging fine not over or under charging...fingers crossed

yep the sound and low down pull is addictive as hell ...brother has a cbr 600 that has to scream it knackers off to go anywhere... just like v twins so much better ..was gonna buy a sv 650 but somehow ended up with the storm

Hello Jason, you made the right choice mate. Now get on enjoying it!

Welcome to the club, take care till you get to know it, but should be fine as a 1st big bike

I would also recommend checking that you have the revised reg / rectifier on there as that could also lead to battery problems had mine burn out years ago. Needs to be the finned type. Welcome to the Forum

A bit of grease under the starter motor rubber boot every couple of months is a good idea, it keeps the crud coming off the front wheel from rotting the bolt.
Once corrosion starts, the current going through that joint very quickly burns through the bolt if it becomes loose.

That's a lot of amps, and if the connection loosens, it results in an increase in resistance, and that make heat- lots of heat....

Good news is that although you can't buy the bolt as a separate part, it's easy to make one and fit it. Just remember the order of the insulating washers, that bolt shouldn't be able to touch the casing at all.

If you need more insulating washers Halfords do a few for pennies.

And welcome!

Welcome to the club buddy

yep thats what i did replaced the bolt with a nice shiny one all seems good now just come in from a blast around our twisty welsh roads and all seems good starts nice and easy now took a few pics too will stick them up later...thanks for all the welcome's guys just ordered up some forum decals for my screen off steve so looking forward to stickin them on..ps what easyest way to check if cct's have been done???

jason2106 wrote:ps what easyest way to check if cct's have been done???

Does it look like this manual (GOOD)




or this



OEM automatic (BAD)



or this hybrid manual (GOOD)

Also if your Regulator/Rectifier is an early unfinned one prone to failure, junk it for a later finned one / mosfet version ASAP



And also check your rear end shock linkage bearings and grease em up / replace as necessary as these are prone to corrosion (see Workshop section)

thanks for the tips will check that lot tomorrow night after work

ok here's a couple of pic's of my storm

Nope, you're going to have to read the "how to" in general test area.

They need to be hosted, Photobucket or similar.