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I was buzzing down the interstate and everything just went off. I'm stranded at my girl friends place right now. I checked the fuses, and wiggled the key and still nothing, not even the neutral switch. I'm thinking it's the ignition switch. Is there an easy way to wire around it to check? I have minimal tools here and I would like to be able to ride it home.
I checked the fuses and looked at most connectors?
Wiring Diagram (I'm not the best at reading these things):
Most likely a bad connection around the battery. Got a multi meter handy? Try un bolting the terminals and cleaning them off (maybe use a nail file our something).
Same thing happened to me twice on my CB350. It was the soldering at the ignition switch. The red wire just came unsoldered after 40 years. I re-soldered it back on, and a few days later it came off again. The second time I re-soldered it back on and the put a nice big glob of epoxy over all the connections on the switch. Never had a problem again.
I went to wally world and even though the 15 amp fuse looked good it was bad, I bought an assortment of fuses, a multimeter, and some wire. Debating on keeping the 12$ multimeter it's digital, the one I have at home is analog. What could cause the fuse to blow? Could it have anything to do with the headlight high low switch it was doing funky things tonight? I had to press it pretty firmly to make the head light work.
Was it probably just the fuse because it didn't look blown? If something grounded out wouldn't there be a black spot on the glass?
You have to pull the fuse and LOOK for the element inside, the glass does not always get a burnt spot. Depending on the age of the fuse a bump can break them as well.
FYI go get METRIC fuses as normal ones will likely burn out again.
The fuses can break, instead of burning out. The glass tube fuses can have the ends vibrate loose, then they no longer work, but look good. I had the same thing happen to me, So I keep a shitload of them in the bike. There likely isn't anything wrong with your electrical if the fuse didn't pop/burn. It likely vibrated to death.
Yo may want to think about moving to auto blade fuses, they handle vibration much better. I did that on som eof mine and will on the rest when I get the chance
You need to change your whole fuse box out. Buy one that has the same amount of fuses and swap out the old for new, then put in the right amp fuses in the new style. You should be able to get them at an auto parts store. I did the main fuse on My GL with a single fuse block and it is 30 amp. I have to get a 3 fuse block to do the rest of the fuses soon.
+1 on the Blade type fuses. Much better for the old vibrating bikes. I put one on my CB350. Very cheap and very easy to do for a lot more peace of mind
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