jimsoon

right its trying to start but not turning the engine i get an odd splutter of exhaust, but it doesnt kick up. could the battery need a boost, it was brand new should i bump start and run it a bit to charge the battery?

sorted now got a lock set for a senda.

thanks for the help!

cos im an idiot! Its not too bad really just lots of little things to do to make it right and I thought i'd get a better understanding of how bikes worked if i started with a sh!tter then if anything goes wrong i can have a go at it. thats how I learnt on my car.

i belive the spring is meant to go in here to return the solenoid so as not to have the starter spinning all the time....

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n9/minston2/22062008092.jpg

excuse the pic quality.

he had lost the stub of the key! grrr

will any barrel fit? if i take the cables off the barrel and get one from fleebay, will it have to be from a gpr50?

so i picked up my 1st bike yesterday, after wanting one for a few years, i found it on ebay gpr50 and paid £150 (i know why it was so cheap now)....

Theres oil over everything, the fairings are knackered, the wiring looks like it was nibbled at by a hamster and is full of spade connectors, there are no keys, (well half a key in the ignition switched on), the chain is about 4 links too big, there was no battery (it starts with a bump though)

rant over heres the main reason for the post....

I put a new battery in today, and tried the electric start, it made the right noises but didnt really sound like it was turning the engine.

I took the starter motor out and the spring that pushes the solenoid back was in bits. Can I get a new spring or do I need a whole new starter motor? I've only seen genuine parts so far and they were charging £179. If the spings arent availible could i pick up a cheap motor from fleebay get the spring from that and fit it?

or...

Is this acctually the problem or could it be something else. Its the first time ive worked on a bike but I've been messing with cars for a few years now.

im picking it up tomorrow, so i'll have a better idea then, but thanks for the advice the super glue sounds a good idea, i was thinking magnets but probably not be strong enough.

I've bought a Derbi gpr50 but the key has snapped in the ignition, i spoke to a bloke today and he said that other models like aprillia rs50s might fit, any body know for sure before i buy the wrong thing?