Ok, tell me what you guys think about this.

I was riding around saturday with a few guys, we were riding for a few hours, came back, let the bikes cool off, cleaned them off, took a break, than we went riding again.
This time down a really slow and technical trail.

I stalled the 300ex in first a few times climbing rocks, after a few stalls,
I started it back up and heard this terrible noise!~

I turned it off, and the starter is still going!

I turn off the key, its still going!

I pop the seat and pull the fuse
ITS STILL GOING.

Finally I disconnect the battery and it stops.

We let it sit a few mins, reconnect the battery, and it does it again.

So, we disconnect it again,
I take apart the starter / killstiwch light thing on the bars, it looks fine, but i push on it and blow into it just to be sure, i massage all the wires, Played with the wires near the starter relay, and hook everything back up...

starter was working fine from then on out.

ANY IDEAS?

I cant have this happen again, if it didnt miraculously start working again, i would of
been up **** creek, as i was with other sport quads, and no way i was getting towed out of that trail.

Thanks!

 

any guesses?

 

Sounds like the contacts in the starter silenoid are sticking/hanging up. Option 2 is there is a 12volt source shorting on the signal wire to the silenoid. Look for a short to the signal wire, if that checks out ok, replace the silenoid.