ChrisH Kerry
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Good you got that fixed easy - I found extra noise was cos rubber gasket wasn't sealing and hence bit of valve noise was escaping along with oil 
Mountain of Issues - rolling progress any help :)
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As someone who has surprised himself with how basic the 1150 gs it surprising how simple basic servicing (Read cleaning and oiling) sort out nearly all GS problems. Maybe that why its an endearing machine.
Its a quality machine that just needs some basic maintenance. Which unfortunately some people are adverse to.
Its a quality machine that just needs some basic maintenance. Which unfortunately some people are adverse to.
garvey2003
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I have a mass load of of paper work for the bike but I think mine has been neglected for the past couple of services.
Looking though the front wiring loom it's riddled with block connectors and dodgy connections. Over Christmas I think I'm going to have to strip them down and solder the wires right and hopfully this should resolve all my electric problems.
As for the righthand indicator switch, I took it apart last night and the left wire is buggered. New switch needed.
Looking though the front wiring loom it's riddled with block connectors and dodgy connections. Over Christmas I think I'm going to have to strip them down and solder the wires right and hopfully this should resolve all my electric problems.
As for the righthand indicator switch, I took it apart last night and the left wire is buggered. New switch needed.
garvey2003
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Well I decided to have a bash at the electrics as I received my new ignition wiring.
Once the ignition wiring was replaced I noticed the left indicator had been connected to the headlight connector? not sure why so disconnected and re-soldered. indicators still flashing fast when lights are on. Will have to dig deeper for this issue.
Once issue I did resolve was the indicator cancellation button not working.
On closer inspection, the button was buggered inside. one of the connectors was mash.
As it was going to cost me £20 for one button to be sent and I thought I would cock it up on soldering I headed off to maplins to see what was on off.
I found this button
http://www.maplin.co.uk/large-push-to-make-2495
Not ideal but thought I could make it work.
I cut the wires close to the existing dead button as possible and soldered the wires to the new maplin button, easy job as it has the connectors sticking at the bottom.
Next I bent the connectors over and insulated them from each other.
With this done it fitted in the holder hole but not too secure. a little of hot glue (allowing me to remove it in the future) secured it nicely.
The next problem was the button it's self. it was making contact all the time, I cut off the tab that touches the button.
Now it cancels the indicators lovely. Not sure how long it will last but but for £2.19 and 20 minutes of my time it was worth it.
Once the ignition wiring was replaced I noticed the left indicator had been connected to the headlight connector? not sure why so disconnected and re-soldered. indicators still flashing fast when lights are on. Will have to dig deeper for this issue.
Once issue I did resolve was the indicator cancellation button not working.
On closer inspection, the button was buggered inside. one of the connectors was mash.
As it was going to cost me £20 for one button to be sent and I thought I would cock it up on soldering I headed off to maplins to see what was on off.
I found this button
http://www.maplin.co.uk/large-push-to-make-2495
Not ideal but thought I could make it work.
I cut the wires close to the existing dead button as possible and soldered the wires to the new maplin button, easy job as it has the connectors sticking at the bottom.
Next I bent the connectors over and insulated them from each other.
With this done it fitted in the holder hole but not too secure. a little of hot glue (allowing me to remove it in the future) secured it nicely.
The next problem was the button it's self. it was making contact all the time, I cut off the tab that touches the button.
Now it cancels the indicators lovely. Not sure how long it will last but but for £2.19 and 20 minutes of my time it was worth it.
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