Quote Originally Posted by DanDaMan View Post
hmm , today went to hop on bike n go fer a ride , and it only made an odd ticking noise , coming from under my seat

tracked it down and its a round electronic with hot/ground/+ another wire ( to starter switch on handlbars ? ) , believe it to be starter silonoid , I think

so I ended up getting my 77 GS 750 inspected and rode that instead : (
I bet it is the battery. The stock one is a POS and don't get the exact replacement because it is also a POS. I ended up with one of these
http://www.batterystuff.com/powerspo...09A2-BS12.html
which is expensive. I cut the battery box so there was plenty of clearance around the battery terminals.

Walmart has a decent battery but it is too tall. A few post back someone was going to just cut the top off the battery box to make it fit which I think is a good idea because it is a pain to get to the terminals as is anyway.