Hey Guys,
Today I was on a cruise on my '05 vlx 600, about 45 miles from my house, when I ran into some electrical problems. I stopped at a gas station to fill up, and when I put the key back and hit the starter button nothing happened... I pulled it off to the side to check all the fuses, both the ignition and the 30 amp starter assembly fuse were just fine, but still I got no power to the starter when I hit the starter button. I also noticed that I had no headlights at all, high or low beam. All of my other lights work just fine. Luckily another biker saw me and stopped to see if he could help, we ended up push starting the bike so I could at least make it back home without a tow (thank god for kind people!)
I read through a lot of old posts using the search, and lots of problems seem to stem from the starter button itself, but I'm not really clear on if that would cause both the headlight and the starter button to go out. Neither had been acting finicky before, they just went out mid ride. The bike only has about 20k miles on it, and has always been garaged, so I wouldn't think the switch would have corroded badly enough to stop functioning already, unless they really are just that crappy.
Any thoughts or suggestions on what might be going on?
Jon
Today I was on a cruise on my '05 vlx 600, about 45 miles from my house, when I ran into some electrical problems. I stopped at a gas station to fill up, and when I put the key back and hit the starter button nothing happened... I pulled it off to the side to check all the fuses, both the ignition and the 30 amp starter assembly fuse were just fine, but still I got no power to the starter when I hit the starter button. I also noticed that I had no headlights at all, high or low beam. All of my other lights work just fine. Luckily another biker saw me and stopped to see if he could help, we ended up push starting the bike so I could at least make it back home without a tow (thank god for kind people!)
I read through a lot of old posts using the search, and lots of problems seem to stem from the starter button itself, but I'm not really clear on if that would cause both the headlight and the starter button to go out. Neither had been acting finicky before, they just went out mid ride. The bike only has about 20k miles on it, and has always been garaged, so I wouldn't think the switch would have corroded badly enough to stop functioning already, unless they really are just that crappy.
Any thoughts or suggestions on what might be going on?
Jon
