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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: lopee on July 15, 2008, 04:21:50 PM

Title: no lights work and bike wont start
Post by: lopee on July 15, 2008, 04:21:50 PM
So as it goes, I have done a lot of refurbishing and painting to get her runnin again and lookin pretty. Last night, after a week of letting the por15 dry, I went for a ride and she ran perfect. I mean she ran better than when i bought her, her plugs looked decent after the 60 or so miles, idled at 1200/1500 rpms, only backfifed once like a tiny sputter(nothing like before), and made it around town just fine.

When I get home  i parked it for a while befroe storing it for the night. As i moved it to the backyard it ran fine and then i heard a POP noise and the headlight goes out just as i am hitting the kill switch. when i tried to start her back up (thinking that noise was abnormal and loud) i had no lights , no signals and it wont start.

I checked the fuse.......Fine
The battery is fine and have a battery maintainer/ charger

Any ideas of what it might be or what to check? :dunno_white:
Title: Re: no lights work and bike wont start
Post by: Copperhed51 on July 15, 2008, 05:44:38 PM
Sounds like you're just gonna have to get the old trusty multimeter out and start testing to see where the power is not getting past.  I'd start around your ignition(where you turn the key) and see if you're getting power to that point.  If so, turn the key and see if you're getting power after that.  If you are, keep going forward til you don't get anymore power.  If not, go backwards til you find where it stops.  Maybe somebody has a more precise thing to check, but that's the best advice I can give you.
Title: Re: no lights work and bike wont start
Post by: ben2go on July 16, 2008, 08:52:58 AM
Which fuse did you check?The fuse that you can see is a spare.The fuse for the wiring is under a cap next to the spare.There is a pic of the location at the bottom of this thread. http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=14021.0
Title: Re: no lights work and bike wont start
Post by: sledge on July 16, 2008, 09:19:47 AM
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=42905.0