Bill Seward
Well-Known Member
Zilla has had this goofy quirk for a while now. Bike starts instantly. Runs fine. However when doing a cold start, and start riding, the bike cuts out just for a fraction of a second when you let off the gas, pull in the clutch, or hit a bump. After about 1/4 mile, it stops, and the bike works fine. The tach bounces up a few hundred rpm, but I think that is caused by the fact that the cutting out is such a short duration that the tach doesn't have time to fall back very far. When the bike returns to normal, the needle gets a signal and momentum carries it up a bit. Voltmeter shuts off at the same time. When things go to normal, voltmeter does its start up sequence. This tells me there is a intermittent loss of voltage. Headlights flicker, too...
I started poking around, and found the bracket holding the switch to the bike was really loose. Removing the switch, I disconnected it, and had a look at the 3 connectors. The red one was corroded a bit where the wire went into the connector. This was the connector coming from the switch. The connector going to harness looked fine. The 3 male connectors on the switch side looked a bit like they may have gotten a bit hot, and discolored.
I don't think the loose bracket caused my problem, but I'm going to cut out the connector from the switch, and solder on 3 new male connectors. The gremlins of an old bike..... Hopefully, this will fix it.
Suggestions, ideas, or comments are welcome!
I started poking around, and found the bracket holding the switch to the bike was really loose. Removing the switch, I disconnected it, and had a look at the 3 connectors. The red one was corroded a bit where the wire went into the connector. This was the connector coming from the switch. The connector going to harness looked fine. The 3 male connectors on the switch side looked a bit like they may have gotten a bit hot, and discolored.
I don't think the loose bracket caused my problem, but I'm going to cut out the connector from the switch, and solder on 3 new male connectors. The gremlins of an old bike..... Hopefully, this will fix it.
Suggestions, ideas, or comments are welcome!
