Electric solenoid wiring?

[Hotshot824]

Hey so newbie here and I am trying to hook up my stater solenoid but I'm confused. I understand the blue/white wire, red/white wire, and the battery wire. Except how does it connect to the starter motor and what does the single red wire connect to?

Thanks for any help and if someone could provide pics that would be awesome.

 

[jayel]

what year?

 

[grepper]

All solenoids are pretty much the same. Even with cars. There should be two large screw top poles, one goes to the battery and the other goes to the starter. The two smaller wires run the switch, one + and one -. How the + and - smaller wires work differ by bike. Usually there are some relays and switches in between so the solenoid(switch) wont engage if the bike is running or not in neutral, plus the starter button to engage the current to the + and/or -. The solenoid will make a click sound when it engages.

 

[Hotshot824]

Awesome! Thank you for the info I was able to get it all set up on my '78.

This forum has been dope!