1993 gl1500 starter problems

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Bad bank angle sensor. It was designed to kill the engine if the bike fell over a certain amount. There were a recall on these on the early 1500sI believe up to 1996, due to some bikes no longer starting after being dropped or killed the engine while in a curve. Yours apparently either has one that has died, or was defective and not replaced under the recall. Since it was a federal recall, it is still valid if it has not been done. A Honda dealer service department can tell you if the recall had been performed on the bike.



Gene:waving:

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I agree with Gene. However the years with the faulty Bank Angle Sensor's (BAS) were 1988 through 1993.

There are three wires on the BAS, red/white, white and green (ground). You can jump across the red/white and white wires for a test. This will bypass the BAS.

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If you have the recalled Bank Angle Sensor installed there will be an "X" stamped on the lower frame rail below the engine mount, right side, near the brake pedal.

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Wichita Scorpion wrote:

If you have the recalled Bank Angle Sensor installed there will be an "X" stamped on the lower frame rail below the engine mount, right side, near the brake pedal.

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Unless the tech forgot to put it there. Ya know such things happen..!! If there is no "x", I would have a Honda dealer run the vin number to see if it was done.

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DBohrer wrote:

Wichita Scorpion wrote:

If you have the recalled Bank Angle Sensor installed there will be an "X" stamped on the lower frame rail below the engine mount, right side, near the brake pedal.

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Unless the tech forgot to put it there. Ya know such things happen..!! If there is no "x", I would have a Honda dealer run the vin number to see if it was done.

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Good point. Also the one on the bike now could have failed.

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tried the bypass made no difference voltage tested out at.35 on the red and 11.8 on the white both well within specs back to square one

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A friends '97 Wing had the same symptoms one day. Press the starter switch and nothing but a relay click. He had used the reverse to back into a parking space and did not get the reverse lever pushed all the way down. Even though it looked like it was all the way down, it really wasn't. We pushed the reverse lever all the way down and it fired right up.

If you haven't yet, you may want to check the reverse lever switch. It's in the starting circuit.

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found it!!! got desperate and started trading parts with my 1100. turns out the starter relay switch A was bad took the one off the 1100 and she fires right up . guess I need a new test meter. anyways thanks guys