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Message started by Boogieman on 04/02/14 at 11:54:39

Title: dies in gear, help!
Post by Boogieman on 04/02/14 at 11:54:39

Just put a fresh battery in, wired it up, starts up just fine but dies when I put it in gear, 1st 2nd..doesnt matter.
So what completely worthless POS safety equipment is causing this retardedness.

Title: Re: dies in gear, help!
Post by verslagen1 on 04/02/14 at 12:04:55

neutral or kickstand switch
or the relay above the carb.
or a short, sunspots or a gravitation shift.

Title: Re: dies in gear, help!
Post by Boogieman on 04/02/14 at 12:17:06

Lol thnx Versy

Title: Re: dies in gear, help!
Post by Dave on 04/02/14 at 12:28:55

Yep....whenever that neutral light on the dash goes out (since you put it in gear).....the safety stuff tells the bike to shut down.

It is most likely the side stand switch. Take off the painted left side body cover, locate the connector that leads up from the sidestand switch. Disconnect the connector and either use a tester to see if the side stand switch is working - or - Put a jumper wire across the other side of the connector and see if the bike stays running when you put it in gear.

Title: Re: dies in gear, help!
Post by Boogieman on 04/02/14 at 14:49:41

I'm so dumb. why haven't I gotten a manual. relay above the carb? Whats it look like? Above my carburetor is the tank. Stuffed in the battery area there's a cylinder looking thing, a little black box that just sorta hangs out, attached only by wires. That's probably the relay. Can u confirm?

Dave my bike is all switched up. I don't have a dash or a speedometer or a tachometer. Disabling that stupid sidestand switch was like one of the first things I did. And when I find out what is causing this problem I'm going to rip that out too.

Title: Re: dies in gear, help!
Post by Dave on 04/02/14 at 15:45:20

OK...until you get your manual you can do some exploring in the Technical Section.....this time in the electrical section.

Here is a lesson on the electrical system and what stuff looks like:
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1099317926

And here is a link to the wiring diagram:
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1294779818

Title: Re: dies in gear, help!
Post by Boogieman on 04/02/14 at 16:09:19

Thank you so much for giving me links. An explanation of why I can't just search for it myself would be superfluous and lengthy.

Title: Re: dies in gear, help!
Post by WD on 04/02/14 at 17:20:30

2825252D232F272B244A0 wrote:

Thank you so much for giving me links. An explanation of why I can't just search for it myself would be superfluous and lengthy.

Would make perfect sense to me, I've been on this site for 11 years and still can't work the so called search function.

Title: Re: dies in gear, help!
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Title: Re: dies in gear, help!
Post by shorty on 04/03/14 at 05:11:32

the (2-wire) connector is under the seat, (1) green wire (1) black wire..
short it with a jumper to bypass switch (bike will think kickstand is up)

Title: Re: dies in gear, help!
Post by 1st2know on 04/03/14 at 18:44:34

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