Check the fuse under the right side of the seat?

look for a brunt wire under the tank

One trick is to wait till night time and put the bike into a darkened garage.  Bring a bunch of fuses.  When you connect the fuse, have a your buddy look for the spark from the chafed wire.

verslagen1 wrote on 04/15/09 at 22:23:07:


You turn on the headlight!!  
Oh .. wait.. that won't work, fuse is blown  

On a more serious note.
I have never tried this, but it SHOULD work.  Put a 12 volt light bulb in place of the fuse.  (I would put it in series with a good fuse, just to be safe).  The light bulb will act as a current limiter, so the fuse won't blow right away.  The light bulb will light up.
Mess with the wires and connectors.  Disconnect stuff, move stuff, etc.
When the light bulb turns off, the short is no longer prsesent.
It helps if you have a wiring diagram while doing this.

Oh yeah.. and take the light bulb out of the circuit before you try to start the bike.