seedy100

Rode to Leicester yesterday approx 120 miles
Good journey no problems on any sort.

Left the bike for approx 6 hours

Came to start up for the ride home at about 8:00pm

Turned the key, got a brief flash of the lights then nothing.

I had a similar problem last year that turned out to be a burnt out ignition switch, so I had a horrible feeling.....

Anyway after a brief visit from the AA man, a biker who knew his stuff!
we concluded that the ignition switch had indeed failed again.

We were able to bridge the switch out using a fused lead, but kept blowing the fuses (10 amp)

So the options were
Bridige it out with an unfused wire, or , get taken home on a transporter

Not really liking the idea of losing lights and engine whilst pootling down the A14 in the dark I took the transporter option.

I would value opinions on the possible causes

Bike - K3 S
Electrical Extras
1. Uprated headlight bulbs (100, 80's)
2. Heated Grips (Oxford)
Grips are wired through the fuse box to come on with the ignition

I had the grips on yesterday.

Last time i had this happen the opinion of the garage that did the repair was that the additions were unlikly to stress the ignition switch, and that I was probably unlucky and had a bad switch.

Seems unlikly now!

What do you think is it the bulb/grip combination?
Do I have to look for something else?

Can anyone help with a circuit diagram of how to wire the grips through a relay, and will that reduce the load on the ignition switch?

And, finally, has anyone got an ignition switch for sale?

And, finally, finally, anyone want to buy a K3 S with 20K on he clock
(Good runner milord, just a bit of a cow to start)

Going to halfwits to buy some security torx bits now

Mutter mutter mutter.....