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[Ric Merry]

Took my A3 into a section of trail today that had me chanting "this is not a dirt bike" all the way back out to more manageable ground. Just after making it to safety I heard the bike making a funny sound and decided to shut it down...it would not. The starter kept going, I hit the kill switch and the starter still kept going, put it in gear, dumped the clutch and it still kept going. Finally dismounted and found the suitable mechanical rock and gave the starter a whack to no avail, finally gave the starter button a wack on the side and it disengaged. I guess because the starter was engaged before I turned the key off the key switch had no effect on the completed circuit. Keep in mind all this happened very quickly and I didn't exactly lay out schematics out in the middle of BF Egypt. When I got I dismantled the switch, cleaned and lubed both it and the kill switch and put her all back together and all seems OK now. I think I hit a jump/bump with enough force that the little contact plate in the switch turned and was hung up by the return spring. Something I'll now add to my annual maintenance program. Ric Merry Wetstern Washington

[Renn]

------Original Message------ From: "Ric Merry" To: KLR group DSN_klr650@egroups.com> Sent: September 24, 2000 10:27:53 PM GMT Subject: [DSN_klr650] starter button Took my A3 into a section of trail today that had me chanting "this is not a dirt bike" all the way back out to more manageable ground.

[BCSavWill@cs.com]

Hi, The complete parts lists for all Kawasaki is available on line at Kawasaki.com. I printed out the pages and put in a folder, free. Regards, Brian A14 D17