ebeeby
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Well, the "crickets" starter relay chatter got to be so bad that I finally installed the Bench Mark Works replacement starter relay ( the OEM relay being Unobtanium now).
The OEM (and probably 1973 vintage) starter relay just didn't like the cold weather this month and I thought I might get stranded somewhere if I didn't take action, which I had been putting off for oh, 10 years.
With the Heinrich tank on the R75/5 here, it never sports an Elephant tank bag or anything else that will cause an accidental push on the starter button when the forks are turned. That's the only downside to the replacement relay is that it does not have the feature of disabling the starter button when the engine is running.
In addition to no crickets, I think the engine actually turns over better with the new relay.
Snowbum has lots on the late /5 starter relay "crickets" issue and you can find links to it here by searching with keyword "crickets".
The OEM (and probably 1973 vintage) starter relay just didn't like the cold weather this month and I thought I might get stranded somewhere if I didn't take action, which I had been putting off for oh, 10 years.
With the Heinrich tank on the R75/5 here, it never sports an Elephant tank bag or anything else that will cause an accidental push on the starter button when the forks are turned. That's the only downside to the replacement relay is that it does not have the feature of disabling the starter button when the engine is running.
In addition to no crickets, I think the engine actually turns over better with the new relay.
Snowbum has lots on the late /5 starter relay "crickets" issue and you can find links to it here by searching with keyword "crickets".