FIXED!!
Yes the lights would come back on if I flicked the starter button a few times.
Not push it, but just tap it or flick it like a booger.
The starter switch has 4 wires, 1 of which is the yellow/white wire that runs to the dimmer.
The contact for that wire had black goopy stuff on it.
Disconnect the front brake switch connector.
Loosen the front brake lever bracket and move it over, or take it off, your preference.
Take the 2 bolts out of the bottom of the right control pod and pull it apart.
If your wiring is still stock like mine is, you'll have to cut the zip tie holding the wires to the lower half of the pod.
Take out the little crescent shaped black plastic spacer thing.
I removed the throttle push cable first, its pretty easy to get out. Then its real easy to get the pull cable out.
There's 2 silver colored screws holding in the hazard switch and the starter switch, take them both out.
Before you take out the switches, note how the orange wires going to the kill switch are routed.
Take the switches out, the starter is the little square one at the bottom.
All 4 of my solder points looked ok.
Use a small flat tipped screwdriver and pry the left side (looking at the button), lift the black plastic piece out carefully. The left side of the square has a beveled edge, the right side is squared.
There's nothing spring loaded on the black square, but there is a spring in the button that pushes a copper bar onto the black square.
I had black goo on the copper bar, and around the yellow/white contact.
and of course I'm all out of electronics cleaner, still have yet to get that dielectric grease. So I just took a dry washcloth to it and rubbed the stuff off.
But its easy enough to get to, so I'll go get some hopefully tonight or tomorrow and get back in there to clean it up. Its probably just build up from crap in the air and dust from the road.
Put it all back the same way you got it out.
Just don't forget to put that black plastic crescent piece back, I did lol
Attach the throttle pull cable cable first, then the push.
Went ahead and put those new bulbs in too while I was out there.
Everything works perfectly so far.
Yes the lights would come back on if I flicked the starter button a few times.
Not push it, but just tap it or flick it like a booger.
The starter switch has 4 wires, 1 of which is the yellow/white wire that runs to the dimmer.
The contact for that wire had black goopy stuff on it.
Disconnect the front brake switch connector.
Loosen the front brake lever bracket and move it over, or take it off, your preference.
Take the 2 bolts out of the bottom of the right control pod and pull it apart.
If your wiring is still stock like mine is, you'll have to cut the zip tie holding the wires to the lower half of the pod.
Take out the little crescent shaped black plastic spacer thing.
I removed the throttle push cable first, its pretty easy to get out. Then its real easy to get the pull cable out.
There's 2 silver colored screws holding in the hazard switch and the starter switch, take them both out.
Before you take out the switches, note how the orange wires going to the kill switch are routed.
Take the switches out, the starter is the little square one at the bottom.
All 4 of my solder points looked ok.
Use a small flat tipped screwdriver and pry the left side (looking at the button), lift the black plastic piece out carefully. The left side of the square has a beveled edge, the right side is squared.
There's nothing spring loaded on the black square, but there is a spring in the button that pushes a copper bar onto the black square.
I had black goo on the copper bar, and around the yellow/white contact.
and of course I'm all out of electronics cleaner, still have yet to get that dielectric grease. So I just took a dry washcloth to it and rubbed the stuff off.
But its easy enough to get to, so I'll go get some hopefully tonight or tomorrow and get back in there to clean it up. Its probably just build up from crap in the air and dust from the road.
Put it all back the same way you got it out.
Just don't forget to put that black plastic crescent piece back, I did lol
Attach the throttle pull cable cable first, then the push.
Went ahead and put those new bulbs in too while I was out there.
Everything works perfectly so far.
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