FZS 1000 cutting out issues

[msewelly]

Hi,


Was riding around London, stopped the bike, went to restart it but nothing....all the lights were on, killswitch was off. Trouble is it wouldnt even turn over. In a moment of annoyance I pushed the side stand up hard and that seems to do the trick, I have a feeling its almost certainly the sidestand switch as it cut out when riding. I checked the fuses and all are fine, how do you check the switch, clean etc.


Mant thanks

[slappy]

Clean the switch in situ first, just use loads of wd40 or similiar and then check if it is moving in and out freely and not sticking, they do collect a lot of crud.

[nickodemon]

To test the sidestand switch you will need to take off the left hand side panel and look for a dark blue plug. Disconnect the plug and test for continuity between the pins with the side stand down. Try it when it's up also. I can't recall off hand which gives continuity, but as long as one gives continuity and the other doesn't then it's working