POST SOLUTION EDIT:
This was a faulty battery issue! A new battery solved all of these weird issues and crazy glitches!
My advice is that if you have some electrical issues that start spontaneously and seem to have no logic behind them do yourself a HUGE favour and take your battery to get properly load tested. In my case they load tested it for free (and I didn't even buy my replacement battery from the shop that tested the battery - (they didn't have the right battery in stock). It takes a few seconds to do on a proper machine. Now, you can probably load test it at home if you know what you're doing, but if you don't, take it to a professional! My faulty battery was showing great voltage output under no load and mild load (which is what threw me for so long). Even if your battery seems good and even if it is relatively new, get that thing tested. Then go from there and do further investigation if it your battery is declared good! It so happens that I found a lose connection when I pulled the headlight off, but I probably created that when I took the headlight off! So meddling around with the harness could potentially create problems that didn't exist before. TEST THAT BATTERY!!!
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Hey guys,
I'm having a spot of bother of the electrical kind with my '95. I'm not sure where to go next with my limited knowledge, and was wondering if anyone had any pointers on what may be going on.
So, after a long ride I stop, put the old girl in neutral, throw down the side stand and sit there puzzled as the engine dies! I shrug it off as a one off and go about my business. On return to my steed, after switching on the ignition i was greeted by a flickering neutral light. Odd i thought to myself, while eagerly mashing the go button. Once again my brow furrowed a touch deeper as the mule just sat there refusing to start, my button pushing failing to bring her to life. Not a sound! I eventually kicked her into action with my right foot and off I went wondering if she's punishing me for something.
While riding home neutral light flickered on and off intermittently, the turn signals don't flash properly, kind of dull, slow and flickery too. There is a buzzy sound coming from the instrument panel and the headlight dims noticably when indicating my intention to turn too. Just pulling the brake lever makes the headlight half as bright it seems!
I think I have ruled out the battery as it was fully charged in 5 mins after reconnecting it to the trickle charger on arriving home. My gut tells me it is the side stand switch, but I thought that once that goes you won't be able to even kick start the bike. And why is it messing with the rest of the electrics? Rapidly switching on and off perhaps? Could it be a fuse blown or a dodgy connection somewhere deep in the cobwebby loom!? Could it be a rougue flasher unit causing all this havoc?
I guess I should stop procrastinating and get a new side stand switch and hope it fixes my problem!
Feel free to throw me some bones in the meantime!
Cheers!
This was a faulty battery issue! A new battery solved all of these weird issues and crazy glitches!
My advice is that if you have some electrical issues that start spontaneously and seem to have no logic behind them do yourself a HUGE favour and take your battery to get properly load tested. In my case they load tested it for free (and I didn't even buy my replacement battery from the shop that tested the battery - (they didn't have the right battery in stock). It takes a few seconds to do on a proper machine. Now, you can probably load test it at home if you know what you're doing, but if you don't, take it to a professional! My faulty battery was showing great voltage output under no load and mild load (which is what threw me for so long). Even if your battery seems good and even if it is relatively new, get that thing tested. Then go from there and do further investigation if it your battery is declared good! It so happens that I found a lose connection when I pulled the headlight off, but I probably created that when I took the headlight off! So meddling around with the harness could potentially create problems that didn't exist before. TEST THAT BATTERY!!!
END OF EDIT
Hey guys,
I'm having a spot of bother of the electrical kind with my '95. I'm not sure where to go next with my limited knowledge, and was wondering if anyone had any pointers on what may be going on.
So, after a long ride I stop, put the old girl in neutral, throw down the side stand and sit there puzzled as the engine dies! I shrug it off as a one off and go about my business. On return to my steed, after switching on the ignition i was greeted by a flickering neutral light. Odd i thought to myself, while eagerly mashing the go button. Once again my brow furrowed a touch deeper as the mule just sat there refusing to start, my button pushing failing to bring her to life. Not a sound! I eventually kicked her into action with my right foot and off I went wondering if she's punishing me for something.
While riding home neutral light flickered on and off intermittently, the turn signals don't flash properly, kind of dull, slow and flickery too. There is a buzzy sound coming from the instrument panel and the headlight dims noticably when indicating my intention to turn too. Just pulling the brake lever makes the headlight half as bright it seems!
I think I have ruled out the battery as it was fully charged in 5 mins after reconnecting it to the trickle charger on arriving home. My gut tells me it is the side stand switch, but I thought that once that goes you won't be able to even kick start the bike. And why is it messing with the rest of the electrics? Rapidly switching on and off perhaps? Could it be a fuse blown or a dodgy connection somewhere deep in the cobwebby loom!? Could it be a rougue flasher unit causing all this havoc?
I guess I should stop procrastinating and get a new side stand switch and hope it fixes my problem!
Feel free to throw me some bones in the meantime!
Cheers!