ok i need help my xs 1100 79

[ichiro360]

ok my xs 1100 79 had a bad switch ( the switch that stop run stop stwitch) so i change that now my bike wont run..... please i need help....
this is what i have done i change the switch, trace the wires and even my start switch is good, run stop run stich is ok aswell...
check the starter relay switch ok test it by volt meter and even put a screw driver to start the starteer so the satreter work as well...
trace wire down farter and continutity is ok....
if anyone has any ideas of what can be the problem let me know thanks

[DGXSER]

Will the starter not turn with the button or will the bike not run but the starter turns the engine over.

[Rickrod3]

Wiring diagram.

Do you have a Wiring Diagram?
If not Here is a link for a wiring diagram.

http://www.oregonmotorcycleparts.com/Diagrams/XS11E_F.jpg

When you push the starter button:

Does your bike turn over but not run?
Or does it not turn over?

[ichiro360]

wiring seems find starter turn over if i jumo the starter relay

[DiverRay]

If the starter turns with the relay jumped, but not via the starter button, the KILL switch is in wrong or bad. Did you replace the COMPLETE switch assembly, or just part of it? If you replaced the complete switch, what bike was the new one designed for? Not all the bikes used the same color codes for the wires, so you will need to know this. Also check as make sure you didn't pinch or break a wire putting the switch back together. It can make for a "FUN" time trying to get the bike running, I KNOW...

[ichiro360]

well i check the starter switch and its ok continuity... i change the harness and the switch too as well

[DiverRay]

Then you need to ohm out the wires on what you put in. If it's off a 650, it MAY have some of the wires connected in a different way than the stock XS11. My guess is that is your problem. Good luck, and let us know!

[ichiro360]

nah its off a xs1100 and i have two sets, hoping there another way or reason for this... its driving me crazy

[CatatonicBug]

Did you change the handlebars? The switch housing needs to be grounded to the handlebars to start the bike. If the bars are painted, that can prevent the switch from grounding. You cannot start the bike with the switch unless the housing is grounded to the handlebars (or somewhere else on the bike).

[ichiro360]

that i might not have tried but there a black wire going into the box i thought that was a ground

[DGXSER]

If it were me, I'd start by tracing where the power is going or not. Turn the key on and the stop switch and see if you have 12 V at the red wire going to the solenoid (smaller wire) by taking a DVM and grounding to the battery and putting positive to that wire end. If its there, then the issue is in the start button since it completes the ground. If not then take that stop switch open and check each side of it for 12V. Basically, look at the wiring diagram and follow the path of the electricity from the battery out and see where it stops. Thats where the smoke is getting out.

[Rickrod3]

Fuse block

Ichiro:
I'm not sure where your problem is but: when I first was tiring to start my bike I had issues getting it to turn over.
Loose fuses in the fuse block were the cause.
Tracing the wires with a volt meter is the only way to find the problem.

[ichiro360]

If it were me, I'd start by tracing where the power is going or not. Turn the key on and the stop switch and see if you have 12 V at the red wire going to the solenoid (smaller wire) by taking a DVM and grounding to the battery and putting positive to that wire end. If its there, then the issue is in the start button since it completes the ground. If not then take that stop switch open and check each side of it for 12V. Basically, look at the wiring diagram and follow the path of the electricity from the battery out and see where it stops. Thats where the smoke is getting out.

DGXSER ill give that a whirl but im so far good acrooss the board

[ichiro360]

Ichiro:
I'm not sure where your problem is but: when I first was tiring to start my bike I had issues getting it to turn over.
Loose fuses in the fuse block were the cause.
Tracing the wires with a volt meter is the only way to find the problem.

rick rod. i check the basic. and everything is good .... my ex has three fuse and my other one has four fuses in trhe box but the one that has three always ran find and that the one im working and having trouble with maybe that can say something

[ichiro360]

ok i got rick by going throught hte basic i found... the previous owner had a fuse behind the fuse panel in which i found after three long days.. thanks to everyon who help me out thnaks