Main fuse good, but there is no power or indicator lights in any key position?

[chrisbags]

Hi Everyone, good evening.

It's a funny thing, everyone I talked to said that my main fuse must be bad, but it's not...I was riding normally and all of the sudden the bike just shut down, no power in any key position. While I was continuity testing the main fuse today, the starter all the sudden started cranking away - can the solenoid cause that if it's bad? I have pretty good continuity and no blown fuses - but this is a head scratcher, granted I'm no ASE mechanic, either. Has anyone seen this before?

Thanks, and happy long weekend - Hope you're all out there riding safe.

 

[mcgovern61]

The main fuse can be cracked but not be visible to the eye and cause the same conditions. The starter solenoid can get stuck, but you would still have power otherwise.

 

[danf]

How's the ground wire to the frame look..??? Good connection?.. then it's a Ghost. :shock: .No..... do you have the dogbone type fuse? Or have you gotten yourself an auto type blade fuse installed yet...??? If the starter started cranking on it's own I'd say the starter button is stuck in the down position down, that is freakishly weird...Spirits. :shock: ..No the answer is right there, just fudge with it.. :Egyptian:

 

[chrisbags]

So even if I get good power flowing across the main fuse in a continuity test it can still be bad? That's an awesome fuse design! The bike was the recipient of a rebuilt motor in May. I acquired it a week or so ago and it ran like a champ. Now, won't even give me power at all and the battery is good.

Now I'm no electrical mr. wizard, so forgive my stupidity in asking - there are a couple of places that wires go to the frame and ground, if any of these are bad can that cause me to not see power at all?

Just to run it down so I am sure I'm explaining this correctly -

-I started the bike normally, no issues, let the motor warm up for about 5 minutes
-Rode down the road - made it about 1 mile and then the I inadvertantly hit the kill switch while riding. (different design than my 01 cb750 so yes it was dumb but I didn't think it would hurt anything)
-The bike loses all power.
-I put the kill switch back in "Run" went to restart, but no power at all.
-push the bike home, check the main fuse, the starter starts cranking but still no power in any key position.
-yesterday - pull the false tank, the seat, the headlight and continuity test as many wires as I can. They're all ok as far as I can tell
-I notice the connections to the clips on the top of the solenoid are loose, so I removed the solenoid and checked the main fuse
-main fuse OK, but i need to put new connectors on the wires (red green/red, etc.)

So- if the ground is bad, I won't get power in any pos. of the key? True?

If the solenoid has bad connections, power can't flow through it, thereby causing the same problem?

Can anyone tell me which posts the different color wires go on? The wiring diagrams don't seem to distinguish.

HELP!

Ride safe everyone, and THANKS!

 

[Anonymous]

I find that most of the time its the ignition switch

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[AApple]

Turning the Kill switch will ONLY kill the ignition, not the rest of the bike power circuits.
A bad ground can kill all power to the bike.
It really sounds like a problem in the starter solenoid area...
On mine, the cable from the battery goes to the terminal on the outside of the solenoid. The inner terminal goes to the starter itself. Then there is a plug-in connector for the start switch, and other circuits.
hth

 

[danf]

I think you are asking for this... that's on my after market one, guys please confirm if oem is the same..

 

[chrisbags]

Hey guys,

Thanks to all of you- it was a bad connection n the solenoid, it was cracked above one of the dog bone terminals but I had to pull it totally off the bike to find it. I wired a bridge in to test and it worked. I pulled it again and I have a new one on the way.

Never would have been able to figure it out without
Your help, thanks everyone!!!!!!!!

 

[mwbill37841]

great another satisfied winger :clapping: back on the road :moped: . that's what makes this sight so great. :moped: