Faulty Ignition Barrel ???

Got on bike today after finishing work, turned on ignition and.......nothing..kapput,nadda,dead as Barrymores career.

Now I'm guessing that I have accidentally turned the key one click too many when I left the bike this morning and left the parking light on all day.

Would it be so difficult for Suzuki to fit a gizmo that beeps for a few seconds if you activate the parking light ? Surely I must not be the first plonka to have done this Suppose it all boils down to keeping the bike to a budget price.

Anyway, just need to check......the battery is 12V isn't it before I blow the thing up charging it !!

Thanks all.

Edit: This post has been edited...original problem incorrect- please see further details in thread. Thanks

12 volt yes indeed.
Certificate of muppetry is being despatched to your location as I type.

Ha ha...thanks Razor mate. Thankfully Mrs Griffiths isn't such a bad type and made an hours round trip to pick me and battery up.

Charging as we speak.....ahem, battery that is, not Mrs Griffiths.

On the naked bikes you can remove the parking bulb - problem solved

Not sure about faired bikes - try it when you've charged your battery

Good idea Mr Toad....might look into that suggestion.

my replies to this thread might intrest you? http://forums.sv650.org/viewtopic.ph...hlight=#510750

Originally Posted by leegriffiths128

Surely I must not be the first plonka to have done this

Indeed not

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Originally Posted by leegriffiths128

Would it be so difficult for Suzuki to fit a gizmo that beeps for a few seconds if you activate the parking light?...Suppose it all boils down to keeping the bike to a budget price.

Why this? Would you like a buzzer or perhaps a warning light to tell you when you'd pulled the clutch in?

Originally Posted by Mr Toad

On the naked bikes you can remove the parking bulb - problem solved

Not sure about faired bikes - try it when you've charged your battery

Correct me if I am wrong, but the parking position not only turns on the side light bulb at the front, but also turns on your rear lights I would have suggested that it was the rear lights that would drain the battery far quicker than the front light. Not very practical to take those lights out also.

I'm sure that now you have been through this scenario, your unlikely to go through it again.

Originally Posted by BigApe

. . . also turns on your rear lights

I'll check it at lunchtime, but you could be right