So I spent the morning today putting my rear brake back on the bike after cleaning it for the second time. The plan was to finish that and then go ride looking to jump in on the riding game. After checking to see if the brake worked, I pushed the starter button and no joy. 
What the heck as everything worked 4 days prior and I did nothing else to the bike. 
I took apart and cleaned both the start and run/kill switch and recharged the battery. Yet nothing happened when I pushed the switch. If I jumped the solenoid, the engine cranked but again nothing started. I visually checked all wires to ensure they were connected but nothing popped out. I looked at the fuse box but as all fuses looked good I dismissed it very quickly, much to my later embarrassment.
After talking to the GSR Member of the Century, Steve, I decided to go and get a circuit tester light since all I have is a multimeter and am still not comfortable enough with using it. I checked all of the connections I could and found no power to the start switch in the headlight bucket or the coils. Well, I called the aforementioned member again around 630 tonight and this time we walked through each fuse on my fuse block. We realized the ignition one was blown afterall as it wasn't getting power to either side.
Essentially, the fuse was busted where I could not see it since it is a glass tube style. Had I thought to check the actual power portion earlier than maybe I could have gotten some good pictures today.
I will say I now have a basic electrical troubleshooting order of operations written down in my Clymers so I can shorten the time I'm down due to that junk.
What the heck as everything worked 4 days prior and I did nothing else to the bike. I took apart and cleaned both the start and run/kill switch and recharged the battery. Yet nothing happened when I pushed the switch. If I jumped the solenoid, the engine cranked but again nothing started. I visually checked all wires to ensure they were connected but nothing popped out. I looked at the fuse box but as all fuses looked good I dismissed it very quickly, much to my later embarrassment.
After talking to the GSR Member of the Century, Steve, I decided to go and get a circuit tester light since all I have is a multimeter and am still not comfortable enough with using it. I checked all of the connections I could and found no power to the start switch in the headlight bucket or the coils. Well, I called the aforementioned member again around 630 tonight and this time we walked through each fuse on my fuse block. We realized the ignition one was blown afterall
as it wasn't getting power to either side.Essentially, the fuse was busted where I could not see it since it is a glass tube style. Had I thought to check the actual power portion earlier than maybe I could have gotten some good pictures today.
I will say I now have a basic electrical troubleshooting order of operations written down in my Clymers so I can shorten the time I'm down due to that junk.
