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Gentlemen, while traveling throgh Mexico i experienced strange electrical problems. It started with the ABS light intermittently turning on. I tried cleaning the sensor and cycling the ignition. The problem persisted. The weird thing is that the light would turn on with either the movement of the bike or the throttle. That is to say if the light turned on i would twist the throttle and either the movement of the bike or the postion of the throttle would make the light go away.
After 2 days of this problem the bike failed to start, no dash lights, it appeared as bike was completely dead. I had to jump it a few times to get the dash to turn on.
I removed the battery to compare to a spare battery that i was going to purchase. When i removed the battery i noticed some gunk/dirt and what appeared like burn marks on the ground side post and nut holding the lead to the post. The shop in Mexico did not have the right size battery, after i cleaned the post and nut i reinstalled the battery the bike turned on just fine and i have not had any problems since then (1 week ago).
My theory is that bugs, dirt and moisture accumulated on the ground post which is the post located on top (the way the batery is positioned in the bike). The gunk and corrosion led to bad contact between the battery post and the lead.
My fix - i removed the connector at the post, cleaned all surfaces and applied vaseline (poor man's dielectric grease).
Hopefully this post helps at least one other person.
After 2 days of this problem the bike failed to start, no dash lights, it appeared as bike was completely dead. I had to jump it a few times to get the dash to turn on.
I removed the battery to compare to a spare battery that i was going to purchase. When i removed the battery i noticed some gunk/dirt and what appeared like burn marks on the ground side post and nut holding the lead to the post. The shop in Mexico did not have the right size battery, after i cleaned the post and nut i reinstalled the battery the bike turned on just fine and i have not had any problems since then (1 week ago).
My theory is that bugs, dirt and moisture accumulated on the ground post which is the post located on top (the way the batery is positioned in the bike). The gunk and corrosion led to bad contact between the battery post and the lead.
My fix - i removed the connector at the post, cleaned all surfaces and applied vaseline (poor man's dielectric grease).
Hopefully this post helps at least one other person.