Electrical gremlin

[RUSH]

Ok, I need some ideas. Bike runs fine. Shut down and then try to restart, no spark. Hold the starter button in and switch the ignition off and back on, it fires up. Anyone solve a problem like this? It could be ignition switch, coils, ignition module, or some resistor?

[DiverRay]

Sounds like poor connections. Have you cleaned the connectors? I would also check all the ground connections.

[TopCatGr58]

Looks like you've already troubleshot it, , take the ignition switch off, and take it apart. DISCONNECT the battery first! The wires can come unsoldered to the terminal plate in the switch, as well as just corrosion on the plate, etc.! May need just a cleaning, or resweating the wire!
T.C.

[3Phase]

Ok, I need some ideas. Bike runs fine. Shut down and then try to restart, no spark.

Do you mean the starter cranks the engine but there's no spark or nothing happens at all?

Hold the starter button in and switch the ignition off and back on, it fires up. Anyone solve a problem like this? It could be ignition switch, coils, ignition module, or some resistor?

In addition to what T.C. and Ray suggested: a weak/low battery or bad charging system.


Regards,

Scott

[Geezer]

I second going though the ignition switch and I would also recommend going through the handlebar kill switch. I've seen these way corroded and rusty. Clean it up well if it's not falling apart and pack with dielectric grease.

Geezer

[79XS11F]

Ya .. I had to rebuild my main switch and it was easy but the parts are small. Rebuilding that switch allowed me to continue to need only one key for all locks.
Rob

[Dragon Tamer]

I once rebuilt my switch too, took most of an afternoon to do it right. I was very proud of myself for taking the time and effort to do such a nice job. After I got it all back together I found that the gremlin had not been living in the switch, he was living in the plug connector in the wiring going to the switch!!!

JAT!!

[DGXSER]

Not to hijack the thread, but, what is the best way to test if your hazard flasher unit is good? Only thing on my bike that does not work is hazards.

[randy]

I'd start with the hazard switch itself. The hazard switch is the likely culprit, the design is poor. Sitting low in the housing they tend to collect moisture and corrode. It can be cleaned, but it's going to take patience because of all the small parts.

[DGXSER]

Randy,
I kind of figured that, and looking at the wiring diagram I see that the only other thing that works it is that hazard relay (yeah not flasher). So I thought it would be alot easier to eliminate that relay as the problem than to tear into that switch only to find it is the relay.

If I simply jumper around the relay, pull the connector and jumper the r/y to the t/y wire, will that tell the tail of the relay? Then I will know for sure that the hazard switch is the issue and make my decision if it is worth it to go that deep.

[TopCatGr58]

Hey DGxser,

The 4 way flasher relay is just a 2 prong flasher, it's separate from the turn signal flasher, usually under the seat behind the battery. Just unplug it, plug it into your turn signal connector and try it out, if the turn signals still work, then you know the flasher relay is good! Remember, it might take trying to plug it into the turn signal receptacle one of 2 ways to get it to work!? JAT!
T.C.