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badwolf

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It popped and died...
06/22/21 at 10:19:52

Today I was riding along about 60, life was good, then POP and the engine died. Coasted to a stop, put it in neutral and it started right up! Put it in gear and it died, tried it again, same thing. AH-HA! The kickstand saftey switch! Traced the wireing and found it had rubbed against the belt and wore thru one of the wires. Dug out a pocket knife (yes I carry a WEAPON in a pouch on my bike) and cut the wires and tried it, same thing. Stripped the wires, wound them together and slid some plastic covering over the splice, tucked it out of the way and rode home like nothing ever happened.

Moral of the story, pull off your belt guard once and a while and check those wires are nowhere near the belt.

And "DON'T PANIC" and never be without your towel, or at least a rag.

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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2245 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: It popped and died... Reply #1 - 06/22/21 at 12:06:30 Thanks Badwolf. I love learning from other people's experiences.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: It popped and died... Reply #2 - 06/22/21 at 12:26:54 glad it was an easy fix ! The title made me wonder if someone finally found out how long a LS650 can live ? I'm under the impression they live forever !!
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Re: It popped and died...
Reply #3 - 06/23/21 at 03:08:25

Now I am not suggesting you do the same as I do - but I like to make my bikes as reliable as possible.

My sidestand safety switch is gone....and so is my clutch safety. This causes me no danger as I have been riding a very long time before any of these safety devices existed.

My starting routine is a well established habit and it doesn't require any safety switches......it has only been modified to account for the fact that bikes no longer have kick starters: Get on bike and pull it upright, fold up sidestand, turn on fuel, set choke, turn on key and look for neutral light and rock the bike a bit to confirm it is not in gear, hit the starter button (or kick starter if necessary). When the engine fires I push in the choke lever and run the engine it at a fast idle for about 30 seconds - then put the bike in gear and ride off using gentle throttle until the engine warms up.

I don't want my safety switches failing on some lonely, dark road far from home. Wink

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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2245 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: It popped and died... Reply #4 - 06/23/21 at 09:46:18 I have to admit when I first read the title I thought it said "it pooped and died" which left me quite perplexed.
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Dreanimal YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 21	Re: It popped and died... Reply #5 - 08/26/21 at 08:57:24 Good to know, I hadn't thought of checking the wiring on my bike for abrasion but I think I'll go through it this week.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29279 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: It popped and died... Reply #6 - 08/26/21 at 13:15:21 springman wrote on 06/23/21 at 09:46:18: I have to admit when I first read the title I thought it said "it pooped and died" which left me quite perplexed. Yup...
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5401 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: It popped and died... Reply #7 - 08/26/21 at 17:47:36 Yes , I pooped today
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5401 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: It popped and died... Reply #8 - 08/26/21 at 17:48:11 But I didn’t die !
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: It popped and died... Reply #9 - 08/26/21 at 17:53:52 You should name it Elvis.
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Re: It popped and died...
Reply #10 - 08/28/21 at 04:35:52

Similar thing happened to my but it was because my hacky kickstand mount (that hangs way too low) hit something on the road while I was cornering. It was violent and abrupt.

Luckily, but I was able to regain control quicky and rolled to stop without issue. That's when I noticed my kickstand point up towards my seat! I was able to bend it back enough to where the safety switch would function again and ride home.

I've know about this issue for a while. I have just been a little careful when turning left. This time I think there was a dip in the road right at a transition on to a bridge deep into a corner and wham! Shocked

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