Intermittent Starting

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Originally Posted by "BillInGA

It acts as a fuse in the sense that it's failure interrupts the neutral switch's circuit to the side-stand relay. If the neutral light is not illuminated, then the side-stand relay thinks the bike is not in neutral. However, the bulb is not a fuse and doesn't function as such. Not the clearest way to explain an open circuit.

Sorry to disagree, but I've just been over the circuit diagram.

The neutral indicator light goes to a common point. When the neutral switch is closed it allows current to pass to earth (-ve) via both the indicator light & the side stand relay energizing coil. They are separate circuits with a common neutral. There are also diodes to stop each circuit back feeding the other.

Anyhow, just imagine - would anyone design a bike that couldn't be started in the middle of nowhere, at midnight, in the rain, if a bulb blew?