My speedometer and the cruise control won't work. Where should I look first?
SOURCE: new battery, tight connections, start the bike up
Hello James
Hearing your problem strikes right at me. My old Jeep Cherokee had the same problem. You have two possible problems, alternator and regulator. Luckily for you, both can be taken to any good sized auto parts store and tested for free:) The reason it dies is that the bike uses electricity to generate sparks at the spark plugs, if you don't have something to resupply the battery(ie:alternator) then it will slowly die(also causing the lights to dim more and more). The alternator could not be charging the battery, or the regulator could be not allowing the alternator to charge the battery.Taking the out could become quite difficult, my GoldWing makes it extremely hard, but the rest of the job should be easy.
Hope this helps
-Chris
SOURCE: 1992 gold wing 1500 looking for the fork oil level
Fork oil capacity should be 10.9 oz in the left, and 10.8 oz right. Lower pinch bolt torque is 40 ft-lb and upper is 8 ft-lb. The steering stem nut is 72 ft-lb and the steering stem adjustment nut is 17 f-lb.
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SOURCE: how do hook up a battery for a 1981 gl 1100 gold
The battery nox is located behind the side cover, once removed two main wires should be visable, with what they call electrical eyes at the end of the wire. These wires are generally thicker than the rest in your electrical system, at least 4mm thick.
The posistive terminal on the battery connects to the red wire which should be running to your starter solinoid. The negative terminal on battery sometimes has more than one wirer connected to it depending on how many other mechanics have been fiddling with the bike, but generally these extra "earths" are fine, but your main Black wire runs down onto the motor.
MRH Motorcycles, RSA
SOURCE: Gl 1500 SE bike wont start of push button
If you jump the solenoid and it doesn't turn over, it is probably a bad starter. But don't forget to make sure the neutral light is on and the kickstand switch is good.
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