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Frank Zappa the 6th
My 2006 (25K miles) has shut down on the road three times over the past week (twice today.) It acts as if I've flipped the kill switch. I've been able to start it each time while still rolling, though the last time I had to drop down to neutral and pull the clutch to get it to start again.
I'm thinking it's electrical in nature. The bike runs smooth... perfect really at all other times. I suspect side-stand or kill switch problems.
The only other clue I can provide (and I suspect it's not related) is that my start button is somewhat hosed. I ride all winter and my poor bike is never garaged. Sometime it gets wet on my ride home and in the morning it's pretty well frozen. Occasionally I have to "un-stick" the starter button by pressing on it heavily and that's obviously not good for it. Anyway, lately it stopped "clicking in" entirely. What I mean is I have to press it fairly hard to engage it and it's more like I'm bending the mechanism slightly rather than moving it on it's pivot point - if that makes any sense... The reason I don't think that's related is because that button activates the starter.. it doesn't actually dictate whether the motor runs or not.
Any thoughts? Is it a common problem? Any advice on pinpointing it?
I'm taking a trip this weekend and I hope not to have to start twisting wires together on the side of the road in hopes of short circuiting whatever safety switch may (or may not) be causing this.
Thanks!!!!!
I'm thinking it's electrical in nature. The bike runs smooth... perfect really at all other times. I suspect side-stand or kill switch problems.
The only other clue I can provide (and I suspect it's not related) is that my start button is somewhat hosed. I ride all winter and my poor bike is never garaged. Sometime it gets wet on my ride home and in the morning it's pretty well frozen. Occasionally I have to "un-stick" the starter button by pressing on it heavily and that's obviously not good for it. Anyway, lately it stopped "clicking in" entirely. What I mean is I have to press it fairly hard to engage it and it's more like I'm bending the mechanism slightly rather than moving it on it's pivot point - if that makes any sense... The reason I don't think that's related is because that button activates the starter.. it doesn't actually dictate whether the motor runs or not.
Any thoughts? Is it a common problem? Any advice on pinpointing it?
I'm taking a trip this weekend and I hope not to have to start twisting wires together on the side of the road in hopes of short circuiting whatever safety switch may (or may not) be causing this.
Thanks!!!!!
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