RE: Rode Easy, put up slightly wet

["Minor, Bob" <Bminor@xxxxxxxx>]

The first thing I would suspect is the side stand switch.

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From: owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx] On
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Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 11:44 AM
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Subject: Re: Rode Easy, put up slightly wet

Maybe he has a loose battery cable that is making intermittent
contact; the washing could be just coincidental. Easy enough to check.

Bob

On 8/11/06, Patrick Coleman <pdcolema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My friend Greg just called with a problem with his '05 1200GS,
non-ABS. He took a short ride, came home, let it cool down, and then
gave it a light bath. No pressure washer, just a garden hose and rags.
Not a deep cleaning, just a get the bugs off type of cleaning.
>
> Afterwards, the bike wouldn't start. Key on, things lit up more or
less normally, but when he hit the starter, there was one click, and
then nothing. The battery tested good, horn works, he didn't really
check anything else like brake lights, turn signals, etc. Sometimes,
when he turned on the key, there wouldn't even be the one click when he
hit the starter.
>
> After letting the bike dry out for about an hour, it started and ran
fine.
>
> Any ideas? Without other guidance, he's going to wet down the starter
button area and see if it happens again. If not, then he'll wet down the
ignition switch area, and so on until it happens again, then
troubleshoot that area.
>
> Greg is a way more than adequate bike mechanic, but this is his first
BMW, and he's only had it about 3 months.
>
>
> Sent wirelessly via BlackBerry from T-Mobile.

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