Sounds like the first time this happened you were cranking with the starter motor for a bit longer than usual. This may have allowed a slightly loose connection to overheat in the starter circuit causing the starter motor to slow/stop. Check all of the high current connection (the thick wires) from the battery through the starter solenoid through to the starter. Check cable from the battery negative terminal through to where it bonds to the engine (I'm not at the bike right now and I can't remember where its bonded to to). Make sure all the terminals battery/solenoid are clean and tight. Make sure the terminals crimped onto these thick wires are not loose and look for signs of overheating where they are crimped to the cables. Odds on if there is a problem its in the high current starter circuit.

Yes. Probably is. Although there are other ways it could fail with those symptoms that's the most likely.

You might want to edit that link - it shows a postcode (presumably yours) + distance to dealer in the yellow box "call dealer now" at the top.

Check if the "backup" fuse has now blown, hence loss of permanent live feed which makes the "constant on" problem disappear but with loss of memory for clock/odometer. If it has you might find replacing it reinstates the "constant on" problem.

Apologies for thread drift but .....
 
"The centre of gravity is defined as the average position of weight distribution, and mass and weight are technically different properties. However, because weight and mass are proportional, the center of gravity and center of mass refer to the same point of an object for almost all objects on and near Earth's surface."
 
The car roof rack example is not really valid as you talk about moving the mass and not the point where it attaches to the car. You've lowered the CoG by lowering the mass. If you leave the load on the roof but change the point where it attaches would the car handling change (assuming it is a rigid body)?
 
If you stand on the pegs the centre of mass will be higher (but you will have more control by moving your body from left to right). I'm with Phil .... or have I missed something here?

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