Hey everyone. Im a new rider and i chose the2001 savage as my first ride. I love th bike. Rides great. I did some mods to fit me but nothing more than paint, bars, and removal of the sissy bar for aftermarket blinks. It only has 15xx miles on it. Basically what happened was everything was fine. No problems. Rode home from work then parked for the night. The next day i hoped on to take a cruise... turn the key and the only light that comes on is the neutral light. No power nothing. Checked fuses. Good. Jump starter to check if hot and its good.... now im lost. Mechanical im an ace... i build test and repair engines for a living. Elecrical... yikes lets just?say i get shocked often. Has anyone ever had this problem?? Could the ignition just be out?

Lol its not the switch being off. When i turn the key the only light that comes on is the neutral light. Thats it. No power to any controls, or lights. Battery is new plenty of juice. Fuses good. No horn no blinks no nothing. Nothing works. It was fine then the nezt day squat.

I bought a brand new battery for my bike.  And it died in 2 weeks for no reason.  Started the bike one day - would not start it the next day.  You need to test the battery to be certain that it is good.

You also should check that the bolts on the battery are tight, and that the ground wire where it connects to the engine case is tight.  The ground wire attaches to the engine down by the right foot peg.

I just looked in the wiring diagrams and the wire that connects the neutral light to power....is also the one that provides power to everything else.  If the neutral light has power then the other things should as well.  Check the wiring harness connectors under the tank and see if they are tight.

Dave

Pulling the tank is the one thing i didnt do ill take that advice .thanks dave. I hopes its that simple. I haven't rode in a few days and getting itchy lol

No rear light either.

You were right, Dave. I found a short... on the negative battery cable of all places. Lol cleaned it up taped up what needed taping and she fired right up. Thanks a lot for the input. This is my first post and it was definitely useful.