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Originally Posted by sportpsyc
Here's the freaky thing. With the proper side stand switch plugged in, everything is dead--all lights, horn, everything. Dead.
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I have only one other thing to suggest: At this point, you may be over-thinking the whole thing. Forget what was done to it in the past. Put everything as near to stock as possible and trace the cause of the "total" failure quoted above.
Seems like only 2 things will cause that: Loss of a main power feed (+) or loss of a main ground (-).......strongly suspecting the latter, since you can operate off of a secondary, back door ground....coming from some really unlikely places......like a side stand switch that's shorted out (oops, was supposed to ignore that for the moment). :roll:
Put it in the total failure mode and look for +12 where there is supposed to be a ground. Don't stop at the first one you find, though, because there might be a LOT of "points" that are above ground that shouldn't be. Connect your negative meter lead directly to the battery for this test; do not use the frame as a negative reference.
You could also completely disconnect the battery and do a resistance check between the negative battery lead and points that should be on the "ground buss".
Have you taken a REAL close look at the wire(s) leading from the negtive battery to the frame.....I mean REALLY close ???
And any secondary large ground straps that might be nearby ??
I had an old Honda that I had to run a strap around the steering head bearing to get things to work right, an aux. ground to the front forks, as it were. Don't remember what the symptoms were though.