Killswitch not working

[Grimly]

The main fuse is the top one of them. The ones under that deal with ignition, lights, signals horn, etc, but not necessarily in that order.
Over the years I've had to keep on top of making sure the fuse contacts are clean. Several times I've meant to replace the fuse holders with a modern bladed type, but they continue to work fine.

[Brendan W]

The fuse holders looks well oxidated. I have some anti-oxidation spray. Is it safe to spray them liberally?

I replaced all the fuses (fuses are pretty cheap, and I couldnt remember which one was wrong).

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Spraying won't do any harm but probably won't do much good either.
You will need to clean the contacts either manually or with a product like Deoxit or naval jelly or a combination of them.
While you are there the plug on the fusebox tail can also hide corrosion and it's well worth opening that and cleaning the pins.
If the kill switch is dirty the ignition switch is probably not far behind and at some stage you could open that and clean the contacts before other strange issues start happening.
The blade fusebox is an option. The original can work fine but at some stage you make a call if the old box is beyond redemption.
Switching on and off is a high stress time for a circuit and any weakness could show up first right at that time.
The fuse was likely the middle one, ignition. That supplies power to the kill switch and the starter button.

[bull958]

I had the lights fuse pop on me last week. It was only 39 years old, I guess they don`t make things like they used to...

[Gorminrider]

as Grimly said, Very rarely. I'm tempted to say NEVER but seeing as the real universe doesn't function with "NEVER" I have a spare 15 and 10 in the bottom of the toolbag.
In my experience, you only blow them by misadventure an accident when fooling around with components and you soon learn to be careful.

Otherwise, you have a troublesome short and that needs fixing.

Seagulls attacking? What are you doing-eating their eggs? Or killing the kits? Or eating french fries? It's also possible they have had trouble with someone that looked similar, though you might be suprised how well they recognise particular people.

[Guest]

as Grimly said, Very rarely. I'm tempted to say NEVER but seeing as the real universe doesn't function with "NEVER" I have a spare 15 and 10 in the bottom of the toolbag.
In my experience, you only blow them by misadventure an accident when fooling around with components and you soon learn to be careful.

Otherwise, you have a troublesome short and that needs fixing.

Seagulls attacking? What are you doing-eating their eggs? Or killing the kits? Or eating french fries? It's also possible they have had trouble with someone that looked similar, though you might be suprised how well they recognise particular people.

It happened when I used the killswitch. I don't usually use it too often. But now I have dielectric grease and sanded down all the copper. I will have a fuse handy and see what happens.

They went crazy when I took of my helmet. I was just stopped in the bottom of the hills I tried to roll it to start. They were less upset while I was wearing my helmet. Theyt had kids not eggs, but I couldnt see any young seagulls.

[earlfor]

Could you quantify that? Like, is it once per season, or once per five years? I realize there isnt a clear answer, but I just want a ballpark. Wondering if an automatic fuse solution would be better for me. And how important a stack of spare fuses are. I got attacked by seagulls trying to get the bike started, and I am rather motivated to avoid that in the future.

The last bike I had blow a fuse was my GS1150E in 2003.

As for the seagulls, what did you say to them? Maybe an unfair comment about them? LOL

[Guest]

The last bike I had blow a fuse was my GS1150E in 2003.

As for the seagulls, what did you say to them? Maybe an unfair comment about them? LOL

The seagulls are apparently very territorial in that area. I saw a girl running away from them today.

I hope my fuses last then, I changed all of them.