Hello everyone,
So a few days ago I decided to run my 2018 cforce 500HO that had been sitting for a few weeks and I noticed that when I was turning the handlebars and using the EPS that my screen was dimming a little (very slight, potentially this is unrelated). I paid no mind to this, turned it off at home and inspected my drive belt with the belt case off as I do yearly.
I turned it back on without an issue to move it, and when I went to turn it off again (key out and kill switch off) the bike kept trying to start uncontrollably and the display remained illuminated. I put the key in and flipped the switch back on and it started without having to hit the green button. I’m assuming here my starter was stuck on. It then slowly died and white smoke began seeping from under the front end and I disconnected the battery, at which point all was well no more smoke. I have not since tried to start it obviously, thinking I’ve burnt out the starter.
My question is, has anything like this happened to anyone, and aside from just replacing the burnt starter what should I check and replace to make sure this doesn’t happen again (assuming the thing will even start again LOL). I’m a little nervous to think how this happens given my bike has low hours and low miles. Electrical gremlins are the worst.
Stuck solenoid? Issue with the power cable? ECU problem? Bad start controls?
Any help would be great folks, thanks in advance!