I have been riding my 2008 DL650 for about 5k miles now, and last monday I had an incident where my battery gave up. I went to start it up after sitting off for about 5 minutes after a long ride and it cranked slower and slower. First thing that popped into my head was the batter and possible...

Switch comes on tack and speedometer cycle. After engine starts speedometer tack and headlights don't work. Turn signal comes on solid and stays on. This happens randomly. Bike runs fine during this. Local shops said could track electrical system at shop rate. No recommendation on time needed...

My DL650 has electrical issues and while trying to diagnose them I had the front cowling off and I checked all the connections there and under the radiator. Everything seemed fine but when I put it all back together now when I turn the key on the dash acts like I have the 'engine stop' aka...

I've decided to replace my stator as it's the last stone to turn over in my search for my charging gremlin. Jack from Roadstercycles as recommended ElectroSport stators ( I recently installed one of Jack's high quality rectifiers and he very kindly talked me through troubleshooting the...

Hey everyone, Lately I've been experiencing an issue where on occasion ill go to start the bike and it sounds as if the starter doesn't have enough power to turn over, then last second it does. Not a big issue in itself and probably normal. What has happened recently though is I'm coming back...

I posted a while ago about a problem my 2009 DL650 has been having for the past 2,000 miles. The VStrom has 38,500 total miles on it at this point. In short, the bike will suddenly experience a drop in RPM (extremely noticeable while riding) and then the power immediately returns in what seems...

I went out to start my bike this morning and it was dead. Completely dead. No lights, no clicking, nothing. I cared it full last week so there should have been something. SO... I pulled out my jump battery, hooked it up and all the lights came on and all the usually hums and gauge cycling. The...

Hello everyone, So i have a question, i recently purchased auxiliary lights for my dl650 2007 and hooked them up directly to the battery. They obviously work fine (i have also installed a switch), however i want: 1st - The lights to have power only when i switch the key to On. Right now anyone...

At this point in time I have no idea what could be wrong with my 2009 Vstrom 650. It currently has 37,500 miles, and I purchased it with 32,000 miles. At about the 36,000 mile mark, I began to notice the RPM gauge showing fluctuations of about 500 RPM. The needle would just not stay in place...

Hey guys, My battery still starts my engine fine, but I lost all power to my gauges and turn signals. Anyone ever experience this - is this likely a fuse issue? Thanks!

Hoping to get some advice regarding an electrical fault I had this morning. Riding to work the gauge cluster started behaving oddly. Lights coming on and off, gauges reseting. The engine continued to operate as expected with no interruption. Eventually the odd behavior stopped and things...

Hello! Long time member first time poster... After a long ride on my 2013 V-Strom 650 ABS I came back into my home town and headed to get fuel. Suddenly, I noticed my fuel gauge went from being solid bars to flashing sequentially from left to right. Even after turning the bike off and filling...

My headlights have gone out on my '05 strom. To keep the explanation simple, when the connectors to the headlights are UNPLUGGED, they have full voltage across the pins (I think the voltmeter showed ~12V across the low beam wire and ~2V across the high beam wire) on both connectors. However...

Bought a 2011 a few weeks ago, rode it home from seller in the Bay Area down to Los Angeles, been riding it a bit for the past 3 weeks. PO put an LED voltmeter on, and most of the time at decent speeds it was a healthy green. Turning ignition on and starting it was never a problem. Had it out...

Long time no see everyone. Guess my Strom and farkles have been holding up! Anyway... Just was out in the garage trying to get the Strom ('09 DL1000) going after winter hibernation and it wouldn't fire up for me. Long story short it's some sort of electrical issue. Fuses good, battery is...

I appear to be having some electrical issues with my 09 DL650. The majority of it appears to be related to operation of the turn signals. 1) When utilizing turn signals, the bike will sometimes die. Turning off turn signals, cycling the starter switch, and firing up the bike will cause it to...

Its become very apparent through searching the web that theres an emerging problem with the 2012 model year, and a particular area of the electrical system. Below the seat, on the left side of the bike, theres a huge wiring harness that sits directly on a ridge of the frame. At 21,000mi, my...

Hey, I've been having battery/charging issues ever since I got my DL1000 last year. I took it to the shop when I first got it and asked them to check the battery/charger as just a precaution and they said both were fine. A few days later I went the gym on the bike, came out of the gym and the...

My 02 Vee starts up fine, and runs, but on the starting sequence I get the CHEC message in the ODO area with five temp bars, then once I start it up, it goes away eventually and the temp gauge works fine. This is different than all the other posts I have read on CHEC, as folks get that and the...

ok, i've been pouring over threads in here went to start bike this morning 'clickclickclickclick' well poop jump it off car, starts up just fine, disconnect jumpers and it starts running funny and dies, jump it again and check voltage 14v while hooked up to car. disconnect car and it drops...