I was running down the highway this morning after finally fixing the bike a year after I wrecked, and all of the sudden the bike shuts off, no bucking from the motor, it shut completely off (electric and all) and it did this twice.

What could be wrong? Any connections I should check, because it sounds electrical to me?

THANKS, BigTwin

umm.. wow, crazy.. check the auxiliary ground, maybe.. but that's all I can think of off the top of my head..

Battery connections, and check an engine ground wire that's kinda hidden underneath the motor; Kerry had this loosen on him once; I'll look for the post.

Really quick replies, WOW. Thanks for the heads up.

-BigTwin-

YES!     Bigtwin is riding again!

Sorry I haven't gotten back to ya with the link (with a picture, too!  I remember), but it doesn't seem to exist; it may have been lost.  I don't know if there's an archive I can search.  If I find something I'll post back today or tomorrow.

Fett, nice to see you again, hope all is going well with both your new bikes. It has been 10 months since I have ridden, and it feels so nice to hit the roads again.

scratch or NiceGuysFinishLast, do you know where exactly either of those grounds are on the bike. I really want to figure this out before it kills me, literally.

THANKS AGAIN, BigTwin

Being as how your ride was apart for a while I would go through every connection on the harness just to be safe. It sounds like a ground problem so you might want to start with that side of the battery.

Did you go with the katana front or stock forks? How about that carbon fiber gem?

All is well with the harley, just added rear pegs and a badlander seat. The GSXR is having the flatslides replaced with CV's at the moment as well as having the forks rebuilt and the V&H re-sleaved and packed. The last I heard from my mechanic was it should be ready this week if all the parts arrive on time. I'll probably stop by the pony sometime this week to pick up some mirrors for the gixxer, I'll be looking for GS out front! 

I went with the stock forks, and the CF is looking great. I don't know if you will see my bike this week because I have to get insurance first and then fix my turn signals. They are LED's and I'm not sure how to get them from staying solid. I need some sort of resisitor or diode (not sure which one).

-BigTwin-

LED's do have a lower resistance than incandecant lamps. A resistor is what you have to add. It's been well over a decade since I went to college (electrial engineer but never worked in the field) but I imagine if you took a digial multimeter and measured the resistance of both lamps you would have a good idea what size resistor you need. I have a box of them laying around but I honestly don't remeber the color codes that state their values.

I'm sure there's much more qualified people here on the board that can probably tell you off hand better than I could.  Anyone?  Anyone?

Quote from: BigTwin on May 01, 2006, 10:56:17 AM
I went with the stock forks, and the CF is looking great. I don't know if you will see my bike this week because I have to get insurance first and then fix my turn signals. They are LED's and I'm not sure how to get them from staying solid. I need some sort of resisitor or diode (not sure which one).

-BigTwin-

The battery posts could be the culprit for the sudden death phenomenon, also try the fuse ...
The diodes for T/Ses ... replace your stock flasher unit with a wagner 552 from autoparts store. Generic flasher unit ... electronic instead of bi metal based.
Cool.
Srinath.

The auxiliary ground is about 2 inches down the negative cable from the battery, it branches off into a second, thinner wire.