I've got an issue with my Neutral indicator. The light doesn't come on anymore when i'm in neutral. Occasionally the light will slightly come on but be quite dim and then go away when i click gear and back to neutral again.
The other odd occurrence is that occasionally it will come on full strength when i go to start the bike but flick off soon as i push the start button.
I'm no good with electrical issues so i need your input. I've checked the sensor at the engine and it's definately plugged in firm.
Hi Mike, from the little electrical experience I have, it sounds like a bad connection at the bulb. What year is your bike? 2010 I see, as it is on the side. lol It is an LED. so your guess is as good as mine. You may want to unplug the connector on the Speed console and plug it back in.
I dont think it is the dash light because the ecu is receiving a "gear engaged" signal. Ive had to disconnect the kick stand switch from the kick stand otherwise I have to sit on the bike when I want to start it in the morning. I still need to pull the clutch in when I start it which tells me the bike thinks it's in gear.
Last time I was looking for the problem I bumped a small black box containing relays and the light came back on (full strength). The box is located under the brace that supports the pillion seat. Is the the ignition relay?
I just also noticed that when i start the bike the power comander looks like it has no power so i checked the plug ends and also the negative end. All connections are tight and nothing is melted or frayed .
My N light randomly works, but it flickers. It will still start with the clutch out though. Before it would go completely or it would flicker but stay solid if I turned the wheel a certain way so I feel it has to be the Plug.
I dont know extract you can start engine when neutral light lost ?
- If you can press start button and engine run normal, neutral signal lost from sensor to meter.
- If you cant start engine without press clutch level when in neutral, neutral sigal lost from sensor to relay box.
How to fix : you can use a wire and connect neutral sensor and relay box direct (light green wire). Neutral sensor on the left side, under front sprocket, relay box under seat.
Sorry for my english, i hope you can understant my mind
Hey guys yesterday, I had time to mess with the bike so I opened the front chain grip to clean the area ,that sensor there is the neutral sensor ? How could I do something there and messed with the sensor ? I unscrew it, clean it and screw it back again . But after this my neutral light does work and the bike doesn't start with out clutch .
hate to revive an old thread but i need help.The neutral indicator wire has a second blue and red wire in the same connector. what's it's purpose?
My blue and red wire is frayed but I haven't seen any effects from the split. I'd just like to know.
Same case to me. Replaced the sensor/switch and now green neutral light is working.
The metal/copper contact of this neutral sensor is worn out around 2mm caused the switch malfunction.
the neutral light works and it won't start without the clutch in gear so the green wire is the neutral wire. i cant find it seperately to buy so i'll just splice the wire with some speaker wire i have around the house.
I had this problem too. In the begin it stopped working when it was hot outside. When colder sometimes flickering, but in the end it just stopped.
First I searched for this and found that the most solved it with a new neutral switch. So I bought a new one from the dealer, but it didn't solve my problem.
I looked at the wiring diagram and started measuring with the multimeter. Since the neutral switch had one wire, so it's a grounded switch.
I measured for continuity first Neutral Switch-Relay Box and Neutral Switch-ECU, because it was easier to reach. But no contact at all.
So I opened almost everything and measured again for continuity Neutral Switch-Unit Meter and also found no contact, so I was sure it's a broken cable (I measured also before and after connectors to make sure connectors are also good).
This is the electrical diagram I found, two pieces I merged them in one and highlighted the wire for the Neutral switch
I simplified it to this one (the cable from Neutral switch to main loom has different coloured dots)
After ripping the loom hose, I found this mess. And I could just separate the cables from each other (from Neutral Switch to main loom from Unit Meter, Speedo)
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