Hayabusa hot start problem/fix

I didn’t make this video to upload but I figured I would. I sent this to my brother because we were picking each other‘s brains. This bike has been having a hot start problem since 2003 when it was born. It has finally been fixed in 2021, this is where most people need to check, I think it was a bad mood to begin with. There are too many bikes with the same problem to think otherwise.

[@rickgidney1005]

I have another short video somewhere showing the hot starter issue before it got very bad. I was at a gas station and the bike wasn’t super hot so it ended up starting but it was struggling. It took me about 6 to 8 months of replacing pieces and staying up till midnight days at a time to finally figure it out. The guy that commented that it was a starter clutch was close, but not the clutch itself obviously.

[@Amarusan298]

How's it going pilgrim! my new (used off a running bike) starter clutch cover with a new spindle and the whole 9 yards is coming in the mail tomorrow, really excited and nervous to find out the outcome, will keep you updated!

[@rickgidney1005]

Excellent. I lucked out and got everything used off of a relatively new bike that seized up for a little over $100. Please let me know sir, I hope it fixes your problem

[@deede9187]

Nice vids, currently i have the same problem with my K6 1000. When it's hot it's hard to start and need to cool down first. I've already change all electrical parts exc the harness.
How's your busa after change the starter cover ? Did it solve the problem ?

[@rickgidney1005]

Yes, ever since I replaced those parts, I have not had a problem. I was just lucky to get all the parts for about 100 bucks, which is a really great deal, off of a bike that somebody blew the head on. Luckily enough, all the pieces I got were not faulty. Haven’t had a problem. I’m in California, I got it from a cycle salvage yard called Neanderthal Cycle Salvage parts.

[@rickgidney1005]

Sorry about all the cussing, I was a lot of money deep into the bike just trying to figure out why it wouldn’t start and this was the problem. Deflection

[@aminmulk]

This means changing starter clutch cover will fix the starting issue?

[@rickgidney1005]

If it is sloppy, then it’s almost guaranteed. I replaced starters, starter clutch, and everything else basically except for the wiring harness. Trust me I was thinking of doing that next. But I narrowed it down to that area and figured out it was a little sloppy. Ultimately causing deflection when it tried to turn, especially when the metal is heated up and sticks to itself. It’s aluminum so it catches on itself pretty easy if there is any room for error I believe. The starter clutch cover is two pieces, the piece against the bike and the piece that seals everything in between the two. Like a clamshell It’s the piece against the bike that I noticed.

[@rickgidney1005]

Like I said before somewhere, I believe it had to be a factory error, a bad mold or something because it’s a pretty common problem in Hayabusa. If you can get the peace from a used bike spot, that would be the quickest way and cheapest way to tell as long as they don’t charge you too much

[@aminmulk]

@@rickgidney1005 ok thanks for the information!

[@rickgidney1005]

@@aminmulk my pleasure, I searched everywhere and wasn’t pointed specifically in this direction so I made the video to try to help everybody else out because it was very frustrating. But I’ve had it fixed for almost a year and no problems whatsoever. And just in case anybody else reads this comment and doesn’t know, I just want to recommend that if you need to pop start the bike, it needs to be pop started in first gear. First gear gets the motor turning over faster than any other gear and works beautiful every time. Usually you would pop start a dirtbike in second or third but for the Hayabusa its first gear trust me

[@ralphsmith1720]

What year is the busa

[@rickgidney1005]

It’s a first GEN, 2003

[@omertaylor2507]

So how to fix it just change the cover ?

[@rickgidney1005]

Yes the whole cover which is the outside and the inside piece. The inside cover is basically the same as the outside but it bolts onto the bike. That’s the part that was wallowed out. Just a little bit of play is a lot of problem.

[@omertaylor2507]

Can we repair these covers ?

[@rickgidney1005]

@@omertaylor2507 I don’t think they can be repaired, I think they are just a factory mold. And I believe that certain years or certain manufactured parts were bad but not bad enough for anybody to tell what the problem was. They just get worn out as we use them

[@rickgidney1005]

@@omertaylor2507 I don’t think so, I think it’s just a cover that is a factory mold, I think they were bad molds during certain years nobody ever did a recall about it. That’s just what I think