23-11-12, 11:13 PM
OK, I give up – I need help.
I have owned my beloved Fazer for about 8 months but recently it has developed a little niggle – it used to run on its side stand, but now it doesn’t.
This is what happened - At 0400hrs the other morning I warmed the bike up on its side stand as per normal. Unlike most other days all didn’t go well and whilst overtaking a lorry in the outside lane of a busy duel carriageway in the pitch black all the lights went out – even the dashboard lights!
After a few near misses panic set in and I pulled the flasher button - to my relief the main beam pinged on main beam. With nowhere safe to pull over I rode for about 2 minutes with the flasher switch held in but this relief was short lived when the front light went out again and I was back in darkness. Clean out of options I had to ride a little further before I could pull over and admit defeat. In a safe location I dropped the side stand and the engine stalled.
I didn’t think too much at the time as I was relieved to still be alive but when I collected the bike a few hours later – I found it didn’t start. I was just about to call the RAC when I found it started with the stand up so I rode it home.
In the cold light of day the lights failing turned out to be due to the ignition switch – I have replaced this with a pattern part and I now have a full a compliment of lights again. By holding in the flasher switch I managed to burn out the switch – I brought another set of switch gear on Ebay and this all now works fine but neither of these cured the starting issue with the side stand. I have also replaced the side stand switch but to no avail.
Has anyone else had a stand starting issue – and if so – what was it and how did you cure it?
The bike is a Gold/black/silver FZS600s. It is a 2001 model and has only got 56000 on the clock.
Any help is much appreciated.
I have owned my beloved Fazer for about 8 months but recently it has developed a little niggle – it used to run on its side stand, but now it doesn’t.
This is what happened - At 0400hrs the other morning I warmed the bike up on its side stand as per normal. Unlike most other days all didn’t go well and whilst overtaking a lorry in the outside lane of a busy duel carriageway in the pitch black all the lights went out – even the dashboard lights!
After a few near misses panic set in and I pulled the flasher button - to my relief the main beam pinged on main beam. With nowhere safe to pull over I rode for about 2 minutes with the flasher switch held in but this relief was short lived when the front light went out again and I was back in darkness. Clean out of options I had to ride a little further before I could pull over and admit defeat. In a safe location I dropped the side stand and the engine stalled.
I didn’t think too much at the time as I was relieved to still be alive but when I collected the bike a few hours later – I found it didn’t start. I was just about to call the RAC when I found it started with the stand up so I rode it home.
In the cold light of day the lights failing turned out to be due to the ignition switch – I have replaced this with a pattern part and I now have a full a compliment of lights again. By holding in the flasher switch I managed to burn out the switch – I brought another set of switch gear on Ebay and this all now works fine but neither of these cured the starting issue with the side stand. I have also replaced the side stand switch but to no avail.
Has anyone else had a stand starting issue – and if so – what was it and how did you cure it?
The bike is a Gold/black/silver FZS600s. It is a 2001 model and has only got 56000 on the clock.
Any help is much appreciated.