RoTorKev

Don’t make the same bone headed mistake I made. If you need a jump from a car, make sure the car is not running. They are both 12v, but the alternator from the car puts out more than 12v and much higher amperage than your bike. Just hooking up the cars battery will be plenty to start your bike. Thankfully it didn’t cause too much of a headache for me, but it could have been much worse.

Fixed! It was the connector pictured in my previous post. Put in a new one and everything is working normally.

I have a new connector on the way. I’ll post an update when I get it installed.

I think I might have found the problem.

Thanks for the replies, I installed a new starter solenoid, did not fix the problem, looked at the start button and it looks ok, connected the battery with the start button disconnected and still gettin power on with the ignition in the off position. Any advice on where to look next would be greatly appreciated.

Could this be a starter relay? I have the ignition switch completely disconnected and when I connect the battery power comes on and the starter will motor.

The bike will start and run, power does not shut off when the key is off and removed.

Thanks DJ, I will have some time to look at it this weekend, I'll post what I find. I think I have a relay in the tool box.

Has any one had an ignition switch fail so that power to the bike remains on even when the key is off? This is happening on my bike. I got off of work this morning and my battery was low and wouldn’t start the bike, I got a jump, and when I got home the power would not shut off. I have the battery disconnected now. edit: I have the bypass relay installed, could the relay have failed closed?

Ok I went out and pulled one of the bolts from my light bar, diameter looks to be M8 thread pitch is 1.25. forgot to measure length, but 1.25” should be about right.

Opened up the fairing this weekend to install an LED headlight bulb and fix my passing lamps. The fuse for my passing lamps looked good, but the fuse holder wasn’t closing tight enough to make good contact, so I wired in a new blade type fuse holder that I had in the tool box and while I was at it I added a few extra inches of wire so I could run the fuse to the rear opening of the fairing by the triple trees. Now if the fuse blows I don’t have to split the fairing to replace it. IMG_1411.MOV

The bolt head is 10mm, not sure about the bolt diameter and thread pitch though. I wish I had seen this post earlier, I just had my passing lamp bar off.

I haven’t run them on my RSV, but I ran a couple sets on my last bike, a Suzuki Boulevard, and I loved them.

Nice!

My Hyundai Elantra had a blow out while my wife was driving it, same thing, no spare and ended up having it trailered to a tire place. The next off day I had I grabbed a donut that I had in the garage, bought a scissor jack and lug wrench and mounted them,