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[awehber]

Hi everyone, I have never posted but I check in here every few days and have been a member for about a year. I have a 1997 KLR and about a week ago I noticed my neutral light flashing and my rpm needle amd my temp needle go flat at the same time. I am thinking it is the kickstand switch. Anybody have any idea what it may be? It is happening more frequently now but the bike starts and runs fine even when the neutral light turns off and the needles go flat. Thanks for your input in andvance!

[Jeff Saline]

awehber, I've only got a minute but taking a quick look at a wiring diagram the neutral light, temp gage and tach all share the same ground. I'm gonna bet if you check at night the dash lights also aren't working. Does the horn work? Maybe check the ground connection(s) near the instrument cluster. The ground wire is black with a yellow stripe. If I recall correctly there is a ground attached to the frame near the steering head. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT <><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><> On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:32:54 -0000 "awehber" writes:

> Hi everyone, I have never posted but I check in here every few days > and have been a member for about a year. I have a 1997 KLR and about > a week ago I noticed my neutral light flashing and my rpm needle amd > my temp needle go flat at the same time. I am thinking it is the > kickstand switch. Anybody have any idea what it may be? It is > happening more frequently now but the bike starts and runs fine even > when the neutral light turns off and the needles go flat. Thanks for > your input in andvance!

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[Jud]

That might be it, but they also share a common ground on the chassis. The sidestand and clutch interlocks use the same ground, but I don't see how a malfunction could defeat the main ground. Of course, my grasp of electrics is deficient in many respects, but I'd be looking first for a loose battery terminal (in part because I know where it is), then at the Blac and yellow to the chassis ground (which I would have to hunt for). They also get power from the same source, a white wire from the battery to the R/R, from there brown and white to a common brown wire. Another opportunity to look for a loose battery connection.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "awehber" wrote: > > Hi everyone, I have never posted but I check in here every few days and have been a member for about a year. I have a 1997 KLR and about a week ago I noticed my neutral light flashing and my rpm needle amd my temp needle go flat at the same time. I am thinking it is the kickstand switch. Anybody have any idea what it may be? It is happening more frequently now but the bike starts and runs fine even when the neutral light turns off and the needles go flat. Thanks for your input in andvance! >

[guymanbro]

Maybe just start with the connector that goes from the cluster to the wiring harness. Under a black plastic cover behind the fairing and under the cluster itself. While in there, just go ahead and pull all the connectors, hit 'em with dielectric grease, reconnect, and if symptoms still persist start trouble shooting further down the line as previously suggested. da Vermonster

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jud" wrote: > > That might be it, but they also share a common ground on the chassis. The sidestand and clutch interlocks use the same ground, but I don't see how a malfunction could defeat the main ground. Of course, my grasp of electrics is deficient in many respects, but I'd be looking first for a loose battery terminal (in part because I know where it is), then at the Blac and yellow to the chassis ground (which I would have to hunt for). > > They also get power from the same source, a white wire from the battery to the R/R, from there brown and white to a common brown wire. Another opportunity to look for a loose battery connection. > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "awehber" wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, I have never posted but I check in here every few days and have been a member for about a year. I have a 1997 KLR and about a week ago I noticed my neutral light flashing and my rpm needle amd my temp needle go flat at the same time. I am thinking it is the kickstand switch. Anybody have any idea what it may be? It is happening more frequently now but the bike starts and runs fine even when the neutral light turns off and the needles go flat. Thanks for your input in andvance! > > >

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Weber" wrote:

> > Hi everyone, I have never posted but I check in here every few days and have been a member for about a year. I have a 1997 KR and about a week ago I noticed my neutral light flashing and my rpm needle amid my temp needle go flat at the same time. I am thinking it is the kickstand switch. Anybody have any idea what it may be? It is happening more frequently now but the bike starts and runs fine even when the neutral light turns off and the needles go flat. Thanks for your input in advance! >

Shorts. shh!!!! I hope you can find yours and kill it dead. They need to be found and eliminated. Several years ago a fellow poster had 'set his bike on fire' while riding at a MOAB gathering. Shorts: They come in more than just electric versions. I believe I had a short in my speedo cable. or was it? While traveling at a steady throttle at 5500 Roms, 75MPH GPS/80 MPH-GI (gauge indicated), the mechanical speedo began increasing without additional throttle. Before I knew it, I was doing a 125mph-gi; while GPS remained at 75mph. Now this speedo is Mechanical drive; and I have a 'short' in the indicator. Go figure. Cue the Twilight Zone music: All of this happened while traveling in the High Plains Dakota-Triangle, (similar to the Bermuda Triangle, but on the high plains). This triangle is part of that lonely stretch (US34)of road between Sturgis and Ft. Pierre, SD. While traveling Eastward, there was an increasing headwind component--resulting in a corresponding increase in the mph-gi. Although the GPS indicated a steady (= +/- 75 mph), the wind forces working on the KLR and the rider (me) were truly, about 125 mph due to the East ambient wind component that was on the 'nose'. 100 miles on a naked bike with a 125 mph headwind component will wear you out. Might even make your write tall tales. shrug. If you have never riden in this part of the world, or sailed ships above 40N or below the 40S th parallel, climbed mountains and experience the winds there, it is difficult to explain the size and magnitude of the wind. Sometimes for days, the wind blows at 40mph+; said to have made people--living alone--crazy during the pioneer days. Advesely affects many still today. twitch. Back to my story: As my riding partner (AJ/Reaps) and I descended the Western river bluffs and crossed crossed the Muddy Mo at Ft. Pierre, the weird indications ceased. With the High Plains Triangle in the rear view mirro, during the final 55 miles homeward I noted the difference between the GPS and the speedo to be the normal KLR's +5mph gi/error. Speculation and conjecture: This all occurred while riding a 'teal' colored 98. Those bikes/riders have always been the fastest, and this one continues to believe it to be true. Twlight Zone Music: off. Same bike now has a dead tach light. good bulb, bad wire somewhere. sigh. revmaaatin. and the wind is howling today....

[roncriswell@sbcglobal.net]

My neutral started coming on all the time 5 to 10 thousand miles ago. I fiddled with it some searching for wire problems and even replaced the little thingy that the wire plugs into on the side of the engine. No success. I just ride with it on. A friend used to have a car where the oil light stayed on. A piece of black tape over it fixed it....hah! My 99 used to be teal green. Green is my least favorite color and I ride Kawasakis. Go figure. Red is my favorite color, ahh.......go Ducatis. My teal bike now has bedliner plastic with a 3 tone car paint gas tank . Black, red and yellow (my favorite colors + mud tight now). I have left the mud on it so as to piss the Krooozer riders off. I saw a Yamaha sport bike at a dealer today that everything was chrome including the plastic fairing. How de do dat? Criswell

On Mar 11, 2010, at 4:53 PM, revmaaatin wrote:   --- In DSN_KLR650%40yahoogroups.com, "Weber" wrote: > > Hi everyone, I have never posted but I check in here every few days and have been a member for about a year. I have a 1997 KR and about a week ago I noticed my neutral light flashing and my rpm needle amid my temp needle go flat at the same time. I am thinking it is the kickstand switch. Anybody have any idea what it may be? It is happening more frequently now but the bike starts and runs fine even when the neutral light turns off and the needles go flat. Thanks for your input in advance! > Shorts. shh!!!! I hope you can find yours and kill it dead. They need to be found and eliminated. Several years ago a fellow poster had 'set his bike on fire' while riding at a MOAB gathering. Shorts: They come in more than just electric versions. I believe I had a short in my speedo cable. or was it? While traveling at a steady throttle at 5500 Roms, 75MPH GPS/80 MPH-GI (gauge indicated), the mechanical speedo began increasing without additional throttle. Before I knew it, I was doing a 125mph-gi; while GPS remained at 75mph. Now this speedo is Mechanical drive; and I have a 'short' in the indicator. Go figure. Cue the Twilight Zone music: All of this happened while traveling in the High Plains Dakota-Triangle, (similar to the Bermuda Triangle, but on the high plains). This triangle is part of that lonely stretch (US34)of road between Sturgis and Ft. Pierre, SD. While traveling Eastward, there was an increasing headwind component--resultin g in a corresponding increase in the mph-gi. Although the GPS indicated a steady (= +/- 75 mph), the wind forces working on the KLR and the rider (me) were truly, about 125 mph due to the East ambient wind component that was on the 'nose'. 100 miles on a naked bike with a 125 mph headwind component will wear you out. Might even make your write tall tales. shrug. If you have never riden in this part of the world, or sailed ships above 40N or below the 40S th parallel, climbed mountains and experience the winds there, it is difficult to explain the size and magnitude of the wind. Sometimes for days, the wind blows at 40mph+; said to have made people--living alone--crazy during the pioneer days. Advesely affects many still today. twitch. Back to my story: As my riding partner (AJ/Reaps) and I descended the Western river bluffs and crossed crossed the Muddy Mo at Ft. Pierre, the weird indications ceased. With the High Plains Triangle in the rear view mirro, during the final 55 miles homeward I noted the difference between the GPS and the speedo to be the normal KLR's +5mph gi/error. Speculation and conjecture: This all occurred while riding a 'teal' colored 98. Those bikes/riders have always been the fastest, and this one continues to believe it to be true. Twlight Zone Music: off. Same bike now has a dead tach light. good bulb, bad wire somewhere. sigh. revmaaatin. and the wind is howling today....

[Jeff Saline]

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[roncriswell@sbcglobal.net]

The plot thickens or muddies up in that  I installed one of Tammy's bypass switches and things have been sort of ammiss since. I am not an electrical whiz. I stare at light bulbs in amazement. Criswell Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 11, 2010, at 7:15 PM, Jeff Saline wrote:

My neutral started coming on all the time 5 to 10 thousand miles ago. I fiddled with it some searching for wire problems and even replaced the little thingy that the wire plugs into on the side of the engine. No success. I just ride with it on. A friend used to have a car where the oil light stayed on. A piece of black tape over it fixed it....hah! My 99 used to be teal green. Green is my least favorite color and I ride Kawasakis. Go figure. Red is my favorite color, ahh.......go Ducatis. My teal bike now has bedliner plastic with a 3 tone car paint gas tank . Black, red and yellow (my favorite colors + mud tight now). I have left the mud on it so as to piss the Krooozer riders off. I saw a Yamaha sport bike at a dealer today that everything was chrome including the plastic fairing. How de do dat? Criswell   . ____________________________________________________________ Criminal Lawyer Criminal Lawyers - Click here.

[jeffstang05]

well i got the klr running right the intake valves were out of adjustment so got new shims today and my cold starting problems are gone so now its time to ride and farkle