| Author | Message | ||
     Captainkirk |
OK, now I'm confused. You may have read about my little adventure here: http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/476 23/569902.html?1275623101 Now, here's the scratchy part: I ordered, and received, a switch from American Sport Bike. I installed the switch last night, and while I was at it, repaired my sawed-off sidestand switch wires with the intent on riding to work. Started up the bike and let it warm this AM, Snicked it into gear, let out the clutch...Wugh. After repeating this scenario three times, I pushed the M2 in the garage and took the Nighthawk instead. Tonight I unplugged the sidestand switch and checked continuity; down;infinite. Up; 0 ohms. What am I missing? | ||
| Kalali |
Sounds like the clutch safety switch again. Easy to isolate; short the switch, if good then you know the problem. If not, double check the side stand switch. Same drill: leave it down and release the clutch carefully and see what happens. | ||
| Captainkirk |
Follow-Up..... I'm happy again. Took Buellosaurus Rex for a 20-mile "Test-hop" and all is well! Which leads me to believe; 1) The pins were not seated deep enough in the Molex connector, or; 2) The sidestand was down when I tried my test of the switch. Not likely, but possible. Either way; it runs! A couple points I'd like to make: 1) This switch can be purchased from Al & Joanne at American Sport Bike for less than five bucks. It is a cheap piece of crap switch, and if yours has not failed you, it probably will. I have just under 20k on my M2. It failed without warning and left me potentially stranded (if not for my MacGyver-like reflexes). Buy one. Stuff it the hollow behind your tail light. All it takes is a #1 Phillips to change it in less than two minutes. It will save you a lot of grief and blood loss (in my case). 2) If I'd been thinking more clearly and understood the system, I would have deduced that if the sidestand switch had failed, the bike would have quit completely, not just when I let out the clutch. Duh. 3) I don't like removing safety anythings from my bike...so instead of bypassing the sidestand switch, I reconnected the wires using crimp-on knife ("handshake" connectors)...this way if the switch fails OPEN on the road, I can simply cut the heat shrink and jump the two knife connectors together on each side of the plug (black to white)and be on my way without any further wire-sawing (or blood loss).  |
