Greetings all, I've been lurking for a while and decided to post in the hope that some kind soul would be able to help me out with my fazer. The neutral light isn't coming on, on the dash, and it's not starting if the side stand is down or the clutch isn't pulled in. In other words, it never thinks it's in neutral even when it is. I was round at a friend's house today, so we could narrow down the problem, and we figured out it was the neutral switch that wasn't working.
By grounding various connections, following the wiring diagrams in the manual, we traced the connection from the dash to the left side starting circuit cutoff relay (good), from there to the right side connector (good), and from the right side connector down to the neutral switch (not good). Bypassing the wire that goes from the right side connector to the switch makes no difference (so the wire is ok) but bypassing the switch entirely makes the neutral light come on. I also tested resistance between the mentioned wire, and it was 0, hence I know the wire is good.
Does anyone know where I could get hold of a replacement neutral switch for my model of bike? 2001 gen1 fazer 1000. I've phoned the nearest bike place, and the cost of a new part is £35, I was hoping to get one for a bit less as I'm skint at the moment. Also if anyone could tell me if I could use a switch from another model, like the r6, r1 or anything. I've seen a few of these switches, and they all look pretty similar. Are they just mechanical switches? If so I'd imagine the only thing that's model specific is the length of the threaded section. Any confirmation or advice would be greatly appreciated.