I just experienced the same symptoms on my 2003 ST1300A as Al Gulley had in this post:www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?97632-Power-stays-on-when-the-key-is-removed.
I was at a light and turned off the ignition (it was a long light). Upon turning the switch back on, only the neutral light and oil light came on, the FI and ABS lights did not. The starter worked fine but the bike never started. All small lights (turn, side) were on dimly, the left headlight was also on dimly, the right headlight was off. Cycling the ignition switch several times didn't help. Turned the ignition switch off but the oil pressure light, the headlamp, and the side lights stayed on. I pushed the bike to the side of the road and disconnected the negative side of the battery. Upon reconnection the same symptoms occurred. I ended up pushing it back home (~1.5 miles, STs are heavy!).
More information: checked the FI computer memory - no indication of anything wrong.
Nothing is connected to my quartet harness and my ignition key is stock. My bike has just over 60k on it. Never heard anything from the seat area when I disconnected the battery, but I was on the side of a busy road. When I got it home I reconnected the battery; it started fine! Not sure what the difference was between now and then, but the bike had cooled down.
Anybody heard of anything like this? My bike is my primary transportation, will it be OK to go to work tomorrow?
PS Answer is yes: bike worked fine today with three start cycles.
Any idea where to start troubleshooting? My thoughts:
1. ignition switch
2. sticking relay somewhere
3. control module malfunctioning
Much Later:
If you don't want to read the whole thing, skip to post #65 to see the final solution to this problem. It was a long and winding, multi-year road to get there...
I was at a light and turned off the ignition (it was a long light). Upon turning the switch back on, only the neutral light and oil light came on, the FI and ABS lights did not. The starter worked fine but the bike never started. All small lights (turn, side) were on dimly, the left headlight was also on dimly, the right headlight was off. Cycling the ignition switch several times didn't help. Turned the ignition switch off but the oil pressure light, the headlamp, and the side lights stayed on. I pushed the bike to the side of the road and disconnected the negative side of the battery. Upon reconnection the same symptoms occurred. I ended up pushing it back home (~1.5 miles, STs are heavy!).
More information: checked the FI computer memory - no indication of anything wrong.
Nothing is connected to my quartet harness and my ignition key is stock. My bike has just over 60k on it. Never heard anything from the seat area when I disconnected the battery, but I was on the side of a busy road. When I got it home I reconnected the battery; it started fine! Not sure what the difference was between now and then, but the bike had cooled down.
Anybody heard of anything like this? My bike is my primary transportation, will it be OK to go to work tomorrow?
PS Answer is yes: bike worked fine today with three start cycles.
Any idea where to start troubleshooting? My thoughts:
1. ignition switch
2. sticking relay somewhere
3. control module malfunctioning
Much Later:
If you don't want to read the whole thing, skip to post #65 to see the final solution to this problem. It was a long and winding, multi-year road to get there...
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