mystery hose?

[russ_coley]

I started the beast this morning and after engaging 1st gear I released the clutch and the bike cut out. The side stand was up and it was running fine yesterday. I guess something went wrong with either the clutch or side stand cut out switches. Any help as far as checking or just bypassing the switches would be helpful. The bike is an '07. Thanks. Russ

[dooden]

From the FAQ: http://www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Mark's how to bypass: http://www.klr650.marknet.us/safetyswitch.html Good Luck Dooden A15 Green Ape Starter circuit fails to work, or only works with in neutral with clutch out. Engine runs in neutral, but dies when I put it in gear. There are two known causes for this. First, the side stand switch can corrode and sieze up or get bad contacts. It is best to bypass this switch before it goes bad and leaves you stranded in the wild. To do so, simply disconnect the connector at the switch (under the small, black plastic cover), and short the harness wires together (brown and green/white) with a jumper. The second part is the clutch safety switch at the clutch lever, which tends to fall out of adjustment. To bypass, disconnect the plug from the clutch switch underneath the cover on the instrument panel. Short the black/yellow and blue/red wires on the main harness with a jumper. In both cases, the switches can be reactivated by removing the jumpers and plugging the connectors back in. It is also possible to bypass both at once by bypassing the starter safety relay: This is not the main starter relay, but an adjacent, secondary relay that is used to manage the safety circuits. Remove the relay, and connect either of the yellow/red wires to the black wire, or use the yellow/red wire from the small relay to replace the black wire on the starter relay. The starter safety relay has the same part number as the fan relay, so hang on to it; they're not cheap. There are reports that one of the safety circuit diodes still needs to be grounded for the neutral light to work properly; you can do this by bypassing the sidestand switch. It also appears that the "running safety" circuits can be bypassed by grounding the red/black wire coming from the CDI unit, but this has not been confirmed.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "russ_coley" wrote: > > I started the beast this morning and after engaging 1st gear I released > the clutch and the bike cut out. > The side stand was up and it was running fine yesterday. > I guess something went wrong with either the clutch or side stand cut > out switches. > Any help as far as checking or just bypassing the switches would be > helpful. The bike is an '07. > Thanks. Russ >

[pzzldpnthr]

Its not the gas overflow. Off my battery is a small clear tube is that supposed to fit into another hose?

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, a14@... wrote: > > Remove the seat and check the rear of the gas tank. There is > a fitting for the gas overflow. California models have an > additional fitting for the smog package. > > Walt > > > -------------- Original message from "pzzldpnthr" : -------------- > > > > There are two black hoses that stick out of the bottom of my bike. > > One has a reservoir close to the end of it. The other threads up > > through a hole in the splash guard above the rear tire but isn't > > connected to anything on my bike. I don't see where it should be > > connected either. What the heck is this hose for? > > >