02-12-2016, 06:58 AM
Maybe I should play the lottery. Pamela's V-strom decided to be difficult to start so I went after that trouble this afternoon. Turned out to be a bad clutch switch. It's a simple open-closed switch that creates a ground for the starter relay when the clutch is pulled in. A $9 switch so not too bad to replace except that Suzuki thought it would be a jam-up idea to mount it with a 3mm steel screw through the plastic switch housing and into the aluminum clutch lever mount, and smear the threads with plenty of blue thread lock. Had to break it off to get at that screw. Switch had corrosion inside and no dielectric grease. Very poor design Suzuki.