24-02-16, 10:32 AM
Are side stand switches non serviceable?
My bike wouldn't start outside work last night, until the battery just gave up, so a colleague gave me a jump start and we got it going again, then I rode to the end of my building to stop and put air in my tyres and when I put the side stand down with the engine running in neutral it cut out again.
So after a long hard stare at the bike, I put it on the centre stand, put the side stand up and pressed the ignition button and it came to life again.
When I got home I used a can of degreaser around that area, then brake cleaner then gave it a good spraying with WD40.
I could see the button going in and out quite freely when depressed and released so that looked okay.
This morning the bike started then stopped dead after 30 seconds, so bike back up on centre stand again and it fired up and ran fine again.
So it would appear it has an intermittent fault, or is just on it's way out.
Do they just need replacing? I couldn't really see through all the chain lube that was covering it what they were really about, other than that it's in an awkward place?
My bike wouldn't start outside work last night, until the battery just gave up, so a colleague gave me a jump start and we got it going again, then I rode to the end of my building to stop and put air in my tyres and when I put the side stand down with the engine running in neutral it cut out again.
So after a long hard stare at the bike, I put it on the centre stand, put the side stand up and pressed the ignition button and it came to life again.
When I got home I used a can of degreaser around that area, then brake cleaner then gave it a good spraying with WD40.
I could see the button going in and out quite freely when depressed and released so that looked okay.
This morning the bike started then stopped dead after 30 seconds, so bike back up on centre stand again and it fired up and ran fine again.
So it would appear it has an intermittent fault, or is just on it's way out.
Do they just need replacing? I couldn't really see through all the chain lube that was covering it what they were really about, other than that it's in an awkward place?
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