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sjpull · Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Stafford uk

hi all ok the bike has been great the last couple of weeks but tonight when i was leaving work i turned the key and went to press the starter and nothing
i then saw that the red light with the triangle was not on but every thing else was the side stand was up and she was in nutral
has anyone got any ideas as to what the problem is ??
thanks
Steve
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Ernie-NH · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:19 pm Post subject:

Hi Steve...

The red light with the triangle is only the Tail-light indicator... Do you have the clutch lever pulled in ??

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sjpull · Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Stafford uk

yeah it was in
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sjpull · Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Stafford uk

got a feeling its some thing to do with the side stand but not very good with mechanics
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2xcelr8 · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:01 pm Post subject: Side stand switch

If it is the side stand switch, the fuel pump will not run when the key is turned on. Does the fuel pump run?
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sjpull · Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Stafford uk

no idea cant hear any noise when i turn it on normally hear a kind of worring noise 1st thing
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Scott_Anderson · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:08 pm Post subject:

Dirty contacts on the kill switch come to my mind.
Cycle it a few times and see if it will change anything.
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sjpull · Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Stafford uk

ty for advice will look at it in morning been up since 5 am talk later
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Ernie-NH · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:35 am Post subject:

Good morning Steve...

As Scott said... Kill Switch may be a problem... ( use contact cleaner )
Then Side stand switch may also be a problem ( most common )...
Then Clutch-Engage Switch on left bar grip.... (delicate little switch )...

Check these thorghly before moving on... Do you have an electrical system schematic and a multimeter ??

Regards.........// Ernie in NH
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sjpull · Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Stafford uk

it was the side stand switch cleaned it up and it worked.......................................................................................................................................................................... then this morning irode to work about 9 miles.......... 100 yards away and the electrics cut out again................. this time i had lights on the dash and when i pressed the start button it acted like it had a flat battery put the battery on charge for 11 hours while i was working replaced it on the bike and it fired up volt test showed 13.5 ish volts at the battery at idle and only 12.7 when i turned the lights on does this look like a duff battery to you guys or a charging fault??
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Flying Duck · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:25 pm Post subject:

How old is the battery? When you rev it a bit it should run the voltage up to 14.1 or so.
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sjpull · Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Stafford uk

yeah was thinking the battery bikes 8 and a half years old and looking at the service history i can't see anything on there about the battery being changed
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Tim (Midland Section) · Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 5:13 pm Post subject:

I use one of these, no acid to worry about. Flattened it (old age, mine) by forgetting to disconnect the sat nav charger, it recovered with no issues. 2 years old now. Fits the bike better than a Hawker Odyssey & the ABS likes it more than the original.
http://www.tayna.co.uk/51913-BMW-Westco-Motorcycle-Battery-P3394.html
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sjpull · Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Stafford uk

new battery fitted and charge rate looks good its not dropping below 13 volts now when lights are turned on just hope and praying thatit was that
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sjpull · Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Stafford uk

ok now i've had enough new battery fitted and she's been running fine for the last couple of weeks been checking the voltage daily and no problems until friday when after riding to work at 5.30 am with the lights on she does it again after just 7 miles i've had enough of it and i'm going to sell it
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blue95lt · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:56 pm Post subject: Sold?

Hi sjpull?
I'm keith was wondering if you were able to get the light troubles fixed or did u actually sell it?
My95 k1100lt has like problems and am trying to work thru them.
good luck keith
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sjpull · Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Stafford uk

hi keith as the bikes an ex police bike the wirering was a mess have taken it in to have it sorted i found 7 wires that had been cut and had power going though them and a couple of bad earths hoping when i get it back it will be ok
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sjpull · Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Stafford uk

hi wirering now sorted but the electriction said the altenaters looks like its had it so ordered a new one and a new regulator so have to wait till next week to see if that was the problem
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sjpull · Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Stafford uk

ok bikes nearly finished new altonater and regulator have arrived and the re wirings nearly done so fingers crossed and then its the mot by the end of may lol
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sjpull · Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Stafford uk

this will make you laugh had a call yesterday from the mechanic and he said that the new altenator and regulater had been fitted but now he can't get the bike started the engine was turning over but it was not firing up.............. then today he calls me and said that the bike was running and everything was looking good i asked him what the problem was yesterday with it not starting and he said........................... wait for it.............................. he had connected the fuel lines the wrong way round so when he was trying to start it it was sucking air pmsl
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