Hey there! Hope everybody is well,
It's a pretty short story and it goes like this. I rode home from work with nothing unusual occurring, I pulled into the garage, turned off my bike. It was storming here the next few days so it sat in the garage. The weekend rolled around and it was nice, so I thought I would go for a ride. Hopped on the bike, turned the key and the bike primed itself and everything lit up as always, and the speedo performed it's check where it goes all the way to the right and bounces back to zero. When I hit the start button it sounded like it was firing up and then the next second, everything just cut off. Like a light switch was turned off. I turned the key back to off and then to on, but absolutely nothing happened, no sound of the bike priming, no lights on the gauge or the gas tank, no headlights, no running lights, no taillight, no horn, absolutely nothing worked. I check the battery and it is perfectly fine. I checked all fuses and nothing is blown. I read here on the forum about a fix for a common issue with this ignition switch. On that fix there was mention that the only lights they had on were the tail lights, however, I have NO lights on. Nevertheless, I took it apart and there was VERY LITTLE corrosion but I went ahead and performed the fix anyway and put it back together. It was all for not because I still got zilch. I'm thinking it could be the starter relay but was wondering if anybody else has come across something like this or similar.
If you have any suggestion, i'm all ears.
Thank you!
Jon
Hello Jon,
I had the same issue on my 2009 M90 quite a while ago. I had not ridden the bike for some time, replaced the battery and put battery on trickle charge. Turned the key and the bike primed itself and everything lit up as always, and the speedo performed it's check where it goes all the way to the right and bounces back to zero. I went looking for a blown fuse, but didn't find any blown. Just unhooked the battery after I discovered the tail light lit when I went into the garage to get something from the car. I subsequently unhooked the battery and left it to wait for my son to come and explore for the 30 amp master fuse. We found it, checked it, found it was not blown, replaced it anyway. Then turned the key and the bike primed itself and everything lit up as always, and the speedo performed it's check where it goes all the way to the right and bounces back to zero. When I hit the start button it sounded like it would fire up, but I didn't start it, as in the mean time I discovered extensive debris in the gas tank. At this point in time I need to remove the gas tank and completely clean the interior of the tank, replace the fuel filter, flush the fuel lines before starting the bike.
Good luck in your investigation. Cheers.
