Raptor 250 won't start

[Shane Pillar]

My raptor wouldn't start, we checked the celonoid it was getting volts, starting motor was only getting 3 volts

[davefrombc]

If  there  was  the full 12 volts at the  battery  side of the  solenoid  and  only  3  volts at the starter,  either  the  solenoid is bad or there is   corrosion  or  a bad connection ( broken  wires )  on the  starter side  of the  wire  that  cause high resistance  and therefor  a  huge voltage  drop  under  a high  current demand.  Do you see the  voltage  drop to  3 volts  on the   battery side of the  solenoid  also  when  you  activate the  starter?  That would indicate either  a  bad  battery or  a fault in the  wiring  between the  battery  and the  solenoid that would  also  cause the voltage drop under a  high  current demand .