ttmike
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- Joined
- May 15, 2010
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- Location
- frisco, tx
- First Name
- Mike
- Last Name
- Harmon
While reading about another guy's real electrical problems and how he figured it out, it brought to mind 2 times that my kill switch was off and what I went through to figure it out. I have had 2 memorable times.
The first time was when a friend's 5 year old son was out in the garage sitting on my 1975 Yamaha RD400 and flipping switches, evidently. The bike was a kick starter and I kicked until sweat was dripping. Then, I pulled spark plugs, etc. before finally figuring it out.
The second was in1982 after a 2 week trip from Texas to the west coast up the coast to Washington State, then down to Yellowstone and back. All on a 1982 Goldwing. I remember that I was totally amazed that I could go so far without a problem and I was expecting one at any time. So, I stopped in Colorado Springs to eat and when I came back out the bike wouldn't start. While my wife stood there, I piddled around doing I can't remember what. Realizing I was far from home (Lubbock, Tx), I called a honda dealer. Spoke to the service manager and he suggested it may be one of the coils or something. I don't remember what I did then, but, finally, I called the other dealer in the phone book and got the service manager. He said "sir, have you checked your kill switch?" I immediately knew that was it and hung up. I had sat my helmet on the handle bars over the kill switch.
The first time was when a friend's 5 year old son was out in the garage sitting on my 1975 Yamaha RD400 and flipping switches, evidently. The bike was a kick starter and I kicked until sweat was dripping. Then, I pulled spark plugs, etc. before finally figuring it out.
The second was in1982 after a 2 week trip from Texas to the west coast up the coast to Washington State, then down to Yellowstone and back. All on a 1982 Goldwing. I remember that I was totally amazed that I could go so far without a problem and I was expecting one at any time. So, I stopped in Colorado Springs to eat and when I came back out the bike wouldn't start. While my wife stood there, I piddled around doing I can't remember what. Realizing I was far from home (Lubbock, Tx), I called a honda dealer. Spoke to the service manager and he suggested it may be one of the coils or something. I don't remember what I did then, but, finally, I called the other dealer in the phone book and got the service manager. He said "sir, have you checked your kill switch?" I immediately knew that was it and hung up. I had sat my helmet on the handle bars over the kill switch.