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Hey all,
I just recently got my 1990 GL1500 and I'm loving it so far. As soon as the snow melts I'm sure to rack a bunch of miles on it. Well the weather broke a bit on Saturday so I decided for a quick shake down ride.
When I bought the bike Reverse worked great, the day I took it off the trailer the reverse worked great. The next day I moved it from a friends garage to my shed and the Reverse worked great.
Now. It doesn't seem to work. Here are the symptoms:
Bike is running in Neutral with the Neutral light on. I pull the Reverse handle the Neutral light goes off. The bike seems to be engaged in Reverse (can't move it back and forth anymore) but the "R" light does not come on.
After my ride I stuck my hand up in there and wiggled. The "R" came back on.
Yesterday, I went to the bike and no "R" again. So I take the Fairing apart and get down to the lever and the switch that is there. The lever and cables seem to be fine and the switch when activated turns off the Neutral light.
I took the switch out and cleaned it all up and all its contacts.
Still no "R".
One time I left the halde up and went into the garage. When I came back there was an "R".
Any idea what this could be? Do I need a new switch or is there something else it could be?
Thanks
steve
1990 GL1500
Hey all,
I just recently got my 1990 GL1500 and I'm loving it so far. As soon as the snow melts I'm sure to rack a bunch of miles on it. Well the weather broke a bit on Saturday so I decided for a quick shake down ride.
When I bought the bike Reverse worked great, the day I took it off the trailer the reverse worked great. The next day I moved it from a friends garage to my shed and the Reverse worked great.
Now. It doesn't seem to work. Here are the symptoms:
Bike is running in Neutral with the Neutral light on. I pull the Reverse handle the Neutral light goes off. The bike seems to be engaged in Reverse (can't move it back and forth anymore) but the "R" light does not come on.
After my ride I stuck my hand up in there and wiggled. The "R" came back on.
Yesterday, I went to the bike and no "R" again. So I take the Fairing apart and get down to the lever and the switch that is there. The lever and cables seem to be fine and the switch when activated turns off the Neutral light.
I took the switch out and cleaned it all up and all its contacts.
Still no "R".
One time I left the halde up and went into the garage. When I came back there was an "R".
Any idea what this could be? Do I need a new switch or is there something else it could be?
Thanks
steve
1990 GL1500