No Lights, No sound, No NOTHING

[blaine]

Not sure what your problem is,but if you unplug the switch and put a jumper across the plug the bike should start normal if the switch is the problem.This may save you buying a new switch if it is not the problem.

:2tup:

[Water Warrior 2]

Flippy, listen up will ya. Quit throwing money at the bike until you know the problem. Give us more feedback to questions asked and we can probably save you a lot of money and grief. Spend some cash on a multimeter(cheap), a test light(cheap) and a Battery Tender. Do some testing of switches, fuses and whatever else the electrically minded members mention. Keep throwing new parts at the bike and you will soon have a renewed old bike that may not run anyway b/c you missed a poor ground or bad fuse. Not trying to be a hard a$$ but either you are deaf or a troll amusing himself. Exiting stage left.

[alantf]

Flippy ......... Have you tested/checked the red kill switch? If not, do it NOW! Like WW said, throwing money at the bike after making wild guesses is going to solve NOTHING. And PLEASE give us some more feedback on what tests (if any) you're doing, & what the results of those tests are! :sad:

BTW. Have you tested the 20 amp fuse - or have you decided not to bother. :whistle:

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by Water Warrior

Flippy, listen up will ya. Quit throwing money at the bike until you know the problem.

Like dogs on a squirrel...........I gotta pile on here too..........but experience tells me that some people just have NO concept of what it means to test to find the actual problem.

IF what you told us is really true, that is everything on the bike dead, it can NOT be caused only by the sidestand switch because I'm pretty sure that no bike ever made routes the headlight through that safety mechanism.

So......you need to make a choice here: Either stop asking for our help........or start paying attention to what we are suggesting. So far, about FOUR people seem to be suggesting essentially the same thing.......and you seem to be mostly ignoring all 4 of us. Pretty rude in my book.

[flippy]

Hey All,
Thank you for all your input, and to you alantf!! Got a multimeter and followed the diagram and found that it was the side stand relay.
Really appreciate all your help. I may be in touch again, since I am still learning about this bike.

Have A very Merry Christmas !!!

[blaine]

Originally Posted by flippy

Hey All,
Thank you for all your input, and to you alantf!! Got a multimeter and followed the diagram and found that it was the side stand relay.
Really appreciate all your help. I may be in touch again, since I am still learning about this bike.

Have A very Merry Christmas !!!

Good that you found the problem without replacing more parts unnecessarily.Thanks for posting your results for others to benefit.If you have any more problems,just ask.Merry Christmas!!
:rawk: :2tup:

[Water Warrior 2]

Good for you Flippy. I was afraid we might have scared you off. Sounds like a pretty cheap fix overall.

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by flippy

Got a multimeter and followed the diagram and found that it was the side stand relay.

So......are you then telling us that a bad side stand relay can cause the whole electrical system to be dead.......including head and tail lights and turn signals, etc. ??????

If that's true, it would be valuable information........but from what I remember of the wiring diagram, I don't see how it's possible.

(Not that I really expect an answer; something about this thread is beginning to smell funny.) :shocked:

[alantf]

Originally Posted by Easy Rider

something about this thread is beginning to smell funny.) :shocked:

:plus1:

The manual says that with a faulty side stand switch :- The motor runs when the transmission is in neutral, but does not run when the transmission is in any other position, with the side stand up.

This means that if the side stand switch IS faulty, the motor will start, but as soon as it's put in gear, it will cut out.

I too can't see why this switch would cause the lights to fail. Also, he says side stand RELAY, not SWITCH. This is located under the seat (it's a combined turn signal/side stand relay) & I can't understand how this would fail. Also, for someone who professes to know nothing about electrics, to suddenly buy a meter & immediately find a faulty relay is, to say the least, suspicious. I don't think anyone with no knowledge of testing would understand what each wire did, when it went into the relay, never mind working out the wiring in a dual relay.

Flippy, if we're wrong about you, will you tell us how you arrived at your conclusion, & what tests you performed. There may be something we missed, & if you're genuine, then please accept our apologies, but we need to prove that you're not playing around with us.

[alantf]

Well................ Flippy hasn't been back to us since December 16th .................... So - were we right or were we right? :whistle: