Electrical Problem on my SV

Hi guys, just bought my first SV650s 99 today and so far very impressed but i have a problem with some electrics i hope someone could shed some light on.

Basically I have no main beam or high beam just a side light.

When i do put the main beam on the indicators illuminate (not flashing but steady glow). Also when i go to indicate the dash dies all except the rev counter and the digi display turns off and only the rear indicators flash.

** Edit** also same happens when i press the flash button the dash dies and i have no horn now :/

This is as clear as i can put it but any help would be much appriciated.

thanks liam

[yorkie_chris]

Sounds like a bad earth to the front bit of the loom, pull all the connectors you can find around the front end and check for rust and fuzz

ill go and give it a go thanks, hopefully it is just as simple as an earth

Thanks so much for your reply, i couldnt see any block connectors at first untill i removed the clock surround and behold 4 big block connectors, altho they looked fine i un did them and blew them out and hey presto everything works as it should

thanks again

Give em a clean up and a little protection and you should be good for a while.

yep will do next thing on my list is to have a very thorough look over the bike tomorrow when i have more time and check everything and give it a little clean. just out of curiosity any ideas on common faults to take particular notice of

If you are going to commute on the bike if it hasnt got a front fender extender, get one. The frontspark plug can get affected by water and you end up running on 1 cylinder, there is a water drain hole nr the front plug that needs to be clear of crud. If you can use a multimeter check the voltages at the plug for the reg/rec foot brake side of the bike under the seat cowl, there are loads of threads here that tell you what to look for.