Lost Gear Indicator, oil, nuetral lights

[Guest]

Well got my bike started up for the first time and all lights were working. All of the sudden I lost my gear indicator lights, oil and neutral lights. Turn signals never worked. I really just need to know where to start. I accidentally grounded the wrong thing on the starter solenoid and got a bit of smoke but then fixed it immediately. Lights still worked at this point but then went out about a month later. Any idea what color wire runs these? I need to buy a chiltons.

[Steve]

I'll bet your brakes and horn don't work, either.

All of the circuits that you mentioned are fed from the same fuse.

It is the second fuse from the end.

I need to buy a chiltons.

No, you need to go to BassCliff's site and download a manual.

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[cowboyup3371]

Not to mention Chilton's doesn't make a manual for our bikes - you'd have to get a Haynes or Clymers

[gs1000emt]

Lol. Yes clymer is what i meant. Yes the horn is out also. I visual ly inspected the fuses n they look good but ill switch it just to make sure. I didnt see a manual on the 80 gs1000gl but ill look again. Thanks. Any idea what colors wires i should trace? Gotta pull the tank off anyways to do carb adjustments.

[gs1000emt]

well im still trying to figure out the color of these wires for the gear indicators. pulled the fuse and its good. Bikecliffs site has a wiring diagram for an 82 gs1100 gk would that be the same as my 80 gs1000gl?

[Toasty]

Did you replace the fuse with a new one? Sometimes the glass fuses can look good but are actually blown. You have a loose connection or a wire with worn through insulation that's grounding against something. Finding it can be a PITA but it shouldn't take too long, I just dealt with the same thing and it turned out to be in the headlight bucket.

[gs1000emt]

Yeah replaced the fuse with one I had laying in my toolbox. Need to get to the store and get fresh ones just to make sure. Ill have to take the tank off and chase the wires.