Hmm…
I went out to the garage this morning to go to work. Tossed the laptop and other stuff in the sidecar, got my helmet on, turned the key and pressed the starter button.
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Hrm… Try again.
R-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r
Not even a ‘pop’ to show that it’s trying to start. That’s odd, I was driving it around yesterday morning. Well, hell.
Yesterday I put a ‘heavy duty’ turn signal flasher in it to fix the flashing problem I created by adding two additional lights on the sidecar. I did mess around with the wiring a bit to get it to go, so it’s possible that I blew a fuse. I checked the four fuses under the seat. They all look good, but I managed to break the fuse block! Damn it.
It would appear that this has been an issue in the past, as two of the fuses have been converted to in-line fuse holders already. I think I’m going to buy one of those aftermarket fuse blocks and retrofit it.
In any case, the bike still didn’t start. There is also at least one fuse in the headlight bucket, so I’ll have to check that out. I also noticed that the wires coming from the timing cover are frayed, so it’s possible that’s the problem.
So I drove the K1100RS in today. Man, I haven’t driven that for a few weeks. That’s a fun bike to drive. I’ll miss it if I sell it…
