gregdaybreak
XS400 Member
Hey XS400 forum,
I have a 1978 XS400E that I have had for about a year now. It is my first bike and I am loving it.
I recently went to start the bike and the starter button popped out and fell on the ground.
I pushed it back in and the bike started right up so I could get home.
The button for the starter is broken and only one little piece of the button lip is still intact. The bike starts but I have to push in the button pretty hard and sometimes need to use a key or something to push it in far enough to turn over.
I ordered a pair of aluminum buttons but I figured I could temporarily relocate the horn button over to the starter button until the new buttons arrived.
I took off the horn button and then took apart the right controls and took out the broken button and replaced the starter button with the horn button.
I noticed the starter button did not have the metal insert that goes into the button that the horn button did.
I put everything back together and when I went to push the starter button nothing happened. I could not get the bike to start...
After taking the control apart and trial and error I could not get anything going... I even tried taking the metal piece out of the button and trying it that way and nothing...
I then took the old button and put it back in and assembled the thing for the 20th time. I had to push the button in pretty far but boom the bike started fine
I have now left it like this because I can at least get the bike started even though it has the crappy broken button in. In the chaos I ended up losing the little spring for the horn button but I will keep looking around. Worse case I can order one....
Can you guys assist me in telling me why the busted button is working to start the bike but the horn button that is intact will not?
It has me stumped and I could use some assistance
Thanks!
Greg
I have a 1978 XS400E that I have had for about a year now. It is my first bike and I am loving it.
I recently went to start the bike and the starter button popped out and fell on the ground.
I pushed it back in and the bike started right up so I could get home.
The button for the starter is broken and only one little piece of the button lip is still intact. The bike starts but I have to push in the button pretty hard and sometimes need to use a key or something to push it in far enough to turn over.
I ordered a pair of aluminum buttons but I figured I could temporarily relocate the horn button over to the starter button until the new buttons arrived.
I took off the horn button and then took apart the right controls and took out the broken button and replaced the starter button with the horn button.
I noticed the starter button did not have the metal insert that goes into the button that the horn button did.
I put everything back together and when I went to push the starter button nothing happened. I could not get the bike to start...
After taking the control apart and trial and error I could not get anything going... I even tried taking the metal piece out of the button and trying it that way and nothing...
I then took the old button and put it back in and assembled the thing for the 20th time. I had to push the button in pretty far but boom the bike started fine
I have now left it like this because I can at least get the bike started even though it has the crappy broken button in. In the chaos I ended up losing the little spring for the horn button but I will keep looking around. Worse case I can order one....
Can you guys assist me in telling me why the busted button is working to start the bike but the horn button that is intact will not?
It has me stumped and I could use some assistance
Thanks!
Greg