while returning from my Key West trip, last spring, i replaced my battery because i thought it was dying & wouldn't run the starter
WRONG!!!
last weekend, while at the Lone Star Rally in Galveston, my starter was acting up, again
wiggling the button did the trick & i was off & riding
UNTIL...
after a late lunch, i started the bike but the HEAD LIGHTS DIDN'T WORK
i made it to the motel & the safety of the trailer, where i looked, in vain, for a blown fuse
all the fuses were in tact & i just shoved the bike up in the trailer for the drive home
THIS FORUM linked me up to Black Lab Adventures & a special thread about just this issue
Start Switch Maintenance « Black Lab Adventures
the starter switch/button turns the head lights off & re-routes all the electjuicity to the starter & once the engine is running and you release the button, the electjuicity goes back to the head lights
SIMPLE ENUFF, RIGHT???
well, the little contacts, inside the switch get corroded & worn after time & things begin to turn brown & start smelling bad
Black Lab's description, along with excellent pictures, walked me right thru the problem & i came out on the other end w/ HEAD LIGHTS WORKING PROPERLY & THE STARTER BUTTON DOING IT'S THING, LIKE IT SHOULD
since i had had a good 2 days at the rally & made it safely back to the motel before sun set, i don't think things could have worked out any better :hurray::hurray::hurray:
MANY THANKS TO THIS FORUM & TO BLACK LAB FOR GETTING ME BACK UP TO SPEED W/O SPENDING ANY MORE MONEY :thumbup:
shiny side up
sw
WRONG!!!
last weekend, while at the Lone Star Rally in Galveston, my starter was acting up, again
wiggling the button did the trick & i was off & riding
UNTIL...
after a late lunch, i started the bike but the HEAD LIGHTS DIDN'T WORK
i made it to the motel & the safety of the trailer, where i looked, in vain, for a blown fuse
all the fuses were in tact & i just shoved the bike up in the trailer for the drive home
THIS FORUM linked me up to Black Lab Adventures & a special thread about just this issue
Start Switch Maintenance « Black Lab Adventures
the starter switch/button turns the head lights off & re-routes all the electjuicity to the starter & once the engine is running and you release the button, the electjuicity goes back to the head lights
SIMPLE ENUFF, RIGHT???
well, the little contacts, inside the switch get corroded & worn after time & things begin to turn brown & start smelling bad
Black Lab's description, along with excellent pictures, walked me right thru the problem & i came out on the other end w/ HEAD LIGHTS WORKING PROPERLY & THE STARTER BUTTON DOING IT'S THING, LIKE IT SHOULD
since i had had a good 2 days at the rally & made it safely back to the motel before sun set, i don't think things could have worked out any better :hurray::hurray::hurray:
MANY THANKS TO THIS FORUM & TO BLACK LAB FOR GETTING ME BACK UP TO SPEED W/O SPENDING ANY MORE MONEY :thumbup:
shiny side up
sw