One of the things i worked on was re soldering a wire to the Side stand switch relay connector. I had done this before with no problem some time last year when one of the other wires broke. Turned the key to power on, then hit the start button and -CLICK- power goes completely out. Turn the key to the off position then back on and the power and lights were back on. Tried the starter again and once again just a click and power off. So i turned the key off yet another time and back on. Pushed the button and the same click.
Turned the key off and on again, but the power doesnt come back on. Tried this another 5 times still with no power, figured i blew a fuse.
Check the fuse and it was good.
Got out the multimeter and check the battery - fine, 12 volts or so.
Still no power (i mean nothin, no lights, no dummy indicators, no nothing)
Fooled around for about 15 minutes, and then, when I went to check one of the wires to the side stand switch relay with the multimeter, the power came back on!
So i decide to try and start one more time and she turned over just fine.
Rode it around a bit (its dark by now and now the lights (which would indicate the voltage) fluctuates when give it throttle. I gets pretty bright, brighter then it ran before.
BTW the reason i kept turning the key off and back on and would try to start is that sometimes, when it rains, water would get on top of the side stand switch relay, and cause the same power cut off when i hit the start switch problem.
All i would have to do then is flick the relay a few times to get the water out and then turn the key off and back on which would give it power again, and then it would start right up.
Normally i wouldnt try to start it so many times if it kept making the power go out, but since i had that rain issue before, i tried it a few times (hoping it would work)
So (wow long post) I figure, that when I kept trying to start up the bike, that this time I damaged the rectifier some, and maybe the diode pack.
Does this sound correct?
Is there a cheaper replacement rectifier (i used to use a 4 dollar rat shack one for my ct90 and that worked like a charm) then 167 bucks?
I rode the bike around for atleast 15 minutes, and besides the brightening and dimming of the lights, it rode great. Didnt blow any fuses or anything.
Im itchin to take it out to an appointment tomorrow (thats why i worked so long on it today), do you think i could get away with a 20mi each way ride without having to worry about the rectifier failing or damaging any other electrical components (my common sense is screaming at me not to take it out, but i just had to wait 2 weeks for parts!)
Sorry for the giant post
Thanks
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