lights/speedometer/rpm gauge suddenly stopped working

[Fred Hink]

Ya, and the internet hasn't been a safe place ever since. Thanks Eric! Fred

----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Mercer" To: ; "DSN" DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 10:16 AM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: Kickstarter > Kurt, > I've had a kickstarter on my Tengai for 7 years > and 30,000 miles and have never had to use it yet. > On the other hand, the battery on my A6 died > (Yuasa sudden death) half way through the white rim > trail on the first KLR Moab get together in April > 1996. I got real good at bump starting that day. > As a side note, after searching throughout Moab > for a new battery, a customer at the NAPA dealer led > me to a guy who had a few dirt bike parts for sale in > his garage. This guy had the correct battery, prepped > it properly, and helped me reattach the license plate > to my bike for my trip home to No. Cal. I took this > guy's name and sent it to Gino because he was looking > for a good contact in Moab. > Who was the guy? > > Fred Hink. > > The rest is history. > > Eric Mercer >

[monahanwb]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Eric Mercer wrote:

> Kurt, > I've had a kickstarter on my Tengai for 7 years > and 30,000 miles and have never had to use it yet. > I took this > guy's name and sent it to Gino because he was looking > for a good contact in Moab. > Who was the guy?

Eric, great post, man. I've read your posts since around late 98 or early 99 when I found the list. Thus ended my quest for the truth about religion. Now I have time for serious beer drinking, and general motorcycle fun. If you ever get down to Santa Rosa look us up down here. There is a bunch of us, and as far as I can tell we're all pretty good fun. Although I am moving to Cobb Mountain likely within the next week and a half. monahan w b

[Jud Jones]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "symme7ry" wrote:

> > > I was starting my 2005 KLR650 yesterday and I think I may have held the starter button in a little too long. It started up, but about 2 seconds later the front and rear lights went out and the speedometer and RPM guage stopped working. > > So, as far as I can see all electrical stuff in the bike stopped working, as if I had blown a fuse or something. > > (1) Any suggestions as to how to fix this? Is there actually a fuse somewhere? > > (2) Is it safe to drive it back to my house in its current condition? It seems to work fine otherwise. (I am worried that some internal mechanism in the motorcycle requires electricity). > > Thanks, > Elliot >

There are two fuses under the seat, the main fuse and the headlight fuse. Sounds like you blew the headlight fuse. You may find a spare fuse in the fuse holder, but in any case, replace the 10A headlight fuse with a 15A version to guard against overloading the fuse if you let the dimmer switch pause between high and low, which will light both filaments.