Dunno about the production no... never bothered to look... But it's a 97 made early 97 or possibly late 96... first registered 4/97 in Sweden...

I'm going to do some maintainance monday... So I'll get some pic's of it then...

 

Thanks. Bikes are easy, jets & rockets not so easy but once you learn the later, sano mods on the former are done to the same standards.

 

I've ridden mine in pounding rain on many occasions with no issues. Did your S light on the dash come on? I'm assuming it did, that would make it easy to diagnose. If it ever happened to me I'm sure what I would do - I would short the wires going to it permanently. That way it would never happen again!

 

I really was not cognicent of the light coming on when it died but I don't think so. Looking at the switch diagram, I think it can short without the light coming on; the light may be position sensitive. When I played with the stand, it started. It could have been the front spart plug wire shorting but it still would have run on the rear cylinder, so I'm pretty sure it was the SS switch. I guess I'll eventually find out.

 

It's a simple switch, right? I would think that the same signal the CDI sees is what operates the light, but I guess that was my concern. I'd like to see something that would make it obvious where the problem is coming from. I understand that the light was not at the top of your prorities at the time!

 

This has happened to me and luckily I was not far from home. It would pop on - pop off uncontrollably and I was afraid I was going to lose the rear end. We can have spotty but intense showers here and this one occured in full sun but just pounded the highway for about a half mile. Yeah, I was to busy to do diagnostics at the time so I don't know if the light was going on and off either. I suppose you could test this with a trigger sprayer with bike on a stand. I appreciate the post because it scared the **** out me and I watch the skies like a hawk since. I have a mechanic and a good one. You just might have saved me some coin!

 

I have to assume (u know how to spell it) the light went on. But as I recounted, the first time (this last ride it occurred) it happened on a long 2 lane bridge in a driving rain leading a pack of 7 other riders. The other times that day, again I was in the lead and I was very concerned about getting taken out from behind. My visor was not clear and I was focused on where to pull over while watching my mirrors, and the stand light was not in my direct field of vision. I'm confident the switch was the problem and my fix is the solution. The hardest part is removing the switch cable so the inner tube "boot" can be slide over the plug and down the cable. The plug connects in the gaggle of connections in the clear rubber cover under the seat immediately behind the tank. You have to clean where the wires go into the switch very well (chain oil messes the switch) so that the silicone can be worked into and over the rubber reinforcing section at the top of the plastic body cap. The inner tube must slide down over the hard plastic portion into the "U" groove where the anti-rotation pin bears, as is decinerable in my pics. I'm sorry I did not photograph how I glued, folded and zip-tied the top of the boot, which I wrapped with electrical tape for a double seal. The lower zip tie is visible in my pics.

 

My bike used to predictably die in the rain but the kick stand switch wasn't the culprit, it was the tank vent tube that needed rerouting.