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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: solosociety on June 14, 2007, 07:00:06 PM

Title: no power
Post by: solosociety on June 14, 2007, 07:00:06 PM
so i turned my key on and heard a pop. shortly after the pop i lost complete power to the entire bike. any suggestions on where to begin
Title: Re: no power
Post by: scottpA_GS on June 14, 2007, 07:07:42 PM
Check your fuse... under the seat on the right side (while sitting on the bike)  :thumb:

There may also be an underlying problem that caused the fuse to blow, but thats the place to start  :thumb:
Title: Re: no power
Post by: scottpA_GS on June 14, 2007, 07:08:46 PM
Hmm... to ad to what I said.. Looks like you say that the bike still had power for a bit after the pop?
Title: Re: no power
Post by: solosociety on June 14, 2007, 07:13:03 PM
it made a pop had taillight for like 1 or 2 seconds and then had nothing or my eyes could have been playing tricks on me. is there anyother fuses besides that one
Title: Re: no power
Post by: scottpA_GS on June 14, 2007, 07:23:17 PM
No... Just the one fuse :thumb:

I would check the battery area as well for shorts. Check the batt w/ a volt meter if you have one  :thumb:  Also check all the electrical connections.

Make any electrical changes lately?


A side note....

I had electrical trouble w/ the GS recently and somehow I had a fuse that checked good by eye and even w/ a meter but I replaced it anyway and it worked  :thumb:

???
Title: Re: no power
Post by: solosociety on June 14, 2007, 08:24:41 PM
ok i got it. it was the the part that the visible fuse is in on the right like where your leg goes. yeah there is a hidden fuse inside there and that happen to be the one that was blown
Title: Re: no power
Post by: NiceGuysFinishLast on June 14, 2007, 08:41:26 PM
The visible one is the spare.
Title: Re: no power
Post by: solosociety on June 15, 2007, 09:00:38 AM
o no way. i had to search for an hour last night just to find one in the bottem of a box of parts.