Cycledude
Well-Known Member
Yes that happened to mine about a week ago and fortunately because of reading about that happening to others on this site I quit cranking and checked the key position , it wasn’t completely in the on position but when I turned it to the right spot it fired up like normal. The key switch location ain’t the greatest and because of how my GPS is mounted that also interferes a little with turning the key on. Reading about it on this forum may very well have prevented a hard start situation from happening ! my 2018 Tenere has 17,000 miles and so far no hard start. Hard start only happened to my previous 2013 twice in 50,000 miles but this experience does make me wonder if maybe the key wasn’t turned to the exact right position and that’s what actually caused the problem.
I once thought I had a hard start issue on my wife's 2017 Tenere. Turned out there is a position on the key where you can turn it and it does not go into the detent. It allows the electrical to come on and the starter to spin, but the bike will not start. Happened when we were 6000 miles from home and I was getting nervous. Fired right up when the key went into the detent.