Went to start her up this morning to take her in for inspection, pressed the start button and nothing. The battery has been on a Battery Tender, and checks out good. There was no click or any noise. Checked lights and horn and all were normal. I just had Larry Buck rebuild the J box so the relays are new. Could this be a bad start button? Last fall there were a few times when I had to press it really hard to get a start.
remove the battery cables, scrub them clean, and the batery teminal, and also the other end of the ground cable at the engine....re-assemble and tell us what occurs.
Battery tender usage causes a small invisible resistive layer at the terminal inerface over time. this must be scraped off to get metal to metal contact.
Also the starter switch button internals can be disassembled, and the bronze inner "hat shaped" contact, and associated current carrying spring ends, scrubbed on sand paper to remove oxidation, and re-assemble. Use extreme caution in disassembly, and cover the whole area below the handlebars, over the tank gap, using a towel to prevent parts loss in the "cavern". I have re-habs at least a dozen of these switches, they work the same as a horn button...(hint hint...)