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diodes in the left side of the service compartment.
Remove and test them—they should
have continuity in one direction only. Believe
it or not, the system is designed to pass all of
the headlamp current through a set of contact
points in the starter switch when the switch is
not pushed. My hunch about the misbehaving
headlamp is that those contacts in the starter
button are fried. Bypassing the starter switch
with a live wire as you did seems to bear this
out. The switch can be disassembled and the
points dressed—provided you’re an accomplished
watchmaker. If not, you might consider
finding a replacement switch cluster or at
least rob the switch from a junked cluster. New
clusters are available from Honda, but they’re
now made in Taiwan and designed so the
wires run along the outside of the handlebar—functional,
but not suitable for a collector
bike. The good news is that all of the
switches in that Taiwanese switch cluster can
be transplanted to your original. Many owners
have eliminated recurrence of this problem
by installing a separate wire and headlamp
relay to handle the main current while
using the wire from the starter switch only to
operate the relay. With only 30 milliamps or
so passing through that new switch, it should
outlive the bike.
1985 Aspencade Electrical Gremlins
Can anyone help
I have a 1985 GL1200 Aspancade with the
electronic dash and 38,000 original miles. My
first problem is that the left channel on the
radio went out, but the channel works in the
headset in the helmet. My second problem is
that the electronic speedo and dash failed at
the same time as the turn signal canceler.
I have checked all the fuses and I can not
find the problem. If anyone has any ideas
please contact me at duaneback@yahoo.com
or duane@h2ocuts,com with any suggestions.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Duane Back
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Duane, just an educated guess, but I’d be
looking for a broken or disconnected speaker
wire, or even a defective speaker. It’s also possible
that the speaker selector switch has
developed a problem.
Regarding the speedo display and turn signal
canceler, those things (as well as the autovolume
control) depend on input from the pulse
generator attached at the left side of your front
axle. The box itself may be defective, or you
may just have a wiring problem. Test procedures
for that device are in the lighting/switches
portion of your service manual.
GL1500 Timing Belt Tension
When replacing timing belts on a GL1500,
is the 5-7mm belt slack[ness] checked at
clockwise or counter-clockwise rotation
Where do I get an instrument to check the
4.4-pound force, or is there an alternative
method I do know that if the belts are too
tight they will whine.
Thanks for your help.
Jerry E. Jones
GWRRA #113204
Winter Haven, Florida
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