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I echo the above advice also. I had a rather frustrating electrical issue myself recently.  After checking connections/fuses for continuity etc..... If the battery is fully charged, try jumping the relay as RossKean suggested. At least you will know if the starter works. Even a light gauge wire...

Yep, the meter I have has a diode setting with a max of 2.8 volts across the connection. I agree, I don't think the normal ohms range "beep" setting would show the conduction. That said, I never actually tried it on that setting so now I am curious. 

UPDATE: This is rather embarrassing but it certainly was a learning experience. Turns out the issue was a blown diode and ignition fuse. While I did check the fuse previously and it looked ok, to my surprise it had blown in a way that didn't appear obvious when viewed straight on......certainly...

I believe so yes......and no doubt he would be up for the challenge, but not sure I would want to impose this one upon him.  UPDATE: I received another LACO sensor and a used gauge cluster. I was hoping the cluster, which houses the meter assembly, would do the trick. So after checking the...

I will certainly check the ignition switch again, but I did have the switch malfunction several years ago. The result was zero activity with lights, dash, FI rail etc....A wire had pulled loose so I re-soldered it. I could wiggle the cable out of the switch to replicate the symptom......this...

OK then.......the meter unit being the LCD display on my dash then? That makes sense but in looking at the wiring schematic it appears two wires route directly into the ECU so I made an assumption.....more than likely incorrectly. I pulled the "back up" fuse and on reinsertion the gauges "sweep"...

Update.....took the switch apart and there is a small circuit board inside, and one of the pins was loose.  This would certainly explain the intermittency of its operation and how the engine would fire upon wiggling/tapping it, but not the loss of my dash screen. There is now no "needle sweep"...

Good afternoon,  Had my 2003 apart this winter to do the valves (clearance and head cleaning, re-lapped etc)...... Got it back together and on the first start up, I had some challenges keeping it running....it would just die for no apparent reason. I discovered the lean angle cut off switch...

I like the earbuds.......dual purpose noise suppression when the battery runs out 🙂 

I had the "mouse nest in the airbox" many years ago. I epoxied a piece of mesh over the inlet which solved the problem. Since then they've been hibernating under the seat near the airbox and back at the taillights. Its like my garage is Grand Central for rodents.......PITA. Replaced the vacuum...

Been there as well..........mishap en-route to CFR 2011 with a 4X4 post on the interstate. Managed to find one on ebay and made it to NERDS 2011. It was there were I witnessed something that has remained burned into my mind to this day. Let me just say it involved Dolly the sheep and...

Have not posted on this board for quite some time.....good thing I saved my password as the last time I had to create a new account.....anyways.....threw a code 14 on my bike yesterday, and after digging in to it on the forum I lifted the tank. I discovered I really should have paid a little...

I have a measly 100,000 miles as of Sept 1/2015...... Barely a "fluffer"

Well it must have just been moisture.....perhaps. It now starts without issue as it did before my jaunt in the snow. Thanks for the help guys!

Yep....Kilometers.......like the rest of the world uses eh? My 65K is to your 40.3K, just as my FJR1300 is to your FJR79.3......... haha All kidding aside, I'm about 0.2 mil (millimeters) from the wear bars :-)

Well I now have 65,000 on my Exalto and no complaints so far. I think I can manage another 15K if not more as I'm willing to turn it into a slick. Peg dragging though is rather sensitive with throttle application lol. Took the rear tire off for the first time in two years to lube the splines and...

Greetings FJR folk. Been a while since I've posted but I seem to be having an issue. This past Wednesday when riding from Ottawa to Hamilton I was caught in a freak snowstorm and had to bunk in for the night in Prescott at a great B&B (Colonel's inn) Anyways, I had to ride a few Km's in a fair...

If this is something that just started last year I would hazard to guess its your TPS........My 2003 had the TPS recall years ago so I thought it was fine......however, just last year the symptoms of throttle abruptness began intermittently. Felt like someone was flicking the kill switch on and...

Pay no attention to the naysayers! I think those who come up with excuses against darksiding are just trying to justify the fact that they are scared 55K...(km) on my Exalto and still going into it's third year. Granted it's not for everyone but spare me the drama of dying a flaming death.