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    does bad starter relay = no lights/power when key is on? where am I going wrong?

    FWIW: For now, I've simplified the ignition wiring by soldering the brown, gray, and orange all onto the orange terminal: All 3 have 12+ volts when key is in 'on' position now, although I don't have the tail-light only setting anymore. Bike is back on the road. I'm still mystified as to why...
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    does bad starter relay = no lights/power when key is on? where am I going wrong?

    sure does. but doesn't start unless ignition is on.
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    does bad starter relay = no lights/power when key is on? where am I going wrong?

    Guys. Guys. I spoke too soon. It stopped working again. At this point, I have two ignition pucks; they both do the exact same thing. 1) jumping the wiring harness at the 4-pin connector brings the lights/ignition/etc on every time. 2) Plugging in either of the pucks, I get a solenoid 'click'...
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    does bad starter relay = no lights/power when key is on? where am I going wrong?

    The narrower arm to the left would be a good fit for the key barrel...but actually, it goes in the wider one to the right. Go figure.​
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    does bad starter relay = no lights/power when key is on? where am I going wrong?

    As I always suspect: I was doing it wrong. Multimeter showed everything good except the i​gnition switch/puck, even though all leads on the puck had continuity. Further investigation showed that I had (as a previous poster warned) reassembled the internals 180 degrees wrong. I should have...
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    does bad starter relay = no lights/power when key is on? where am I going wrong?

    I have a meter, and have tested some of these things but not all of them. Thx
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    does bad starter relay = no lights/power when key is on? where am I going wrong?

    Hmm. Springs (4) and balls (2) are back in their holes, copper connectors cleaned and re-installed. Still nothing: Its cool to know what the key does (and why contact cleaner in the barrel didn't fix the electrics)...but the search continues.
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    does bad starter relay = no lights/power when key is on? where am I going wrong?

    Thanks to all: that gives me a direction to go. Appreciate the good advice.
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    does bad starter relay = no lights/power when key is on? where am I going wrong?

    What would bad internals look like? visible corrosion, or just bad spirits hiding in there?
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    does bad starter relay = no lights/power when key is on? where am I going wrong?

    I haven't found an answer via search function. I stare at the wiring diagram and It's probably obvious, but I don't know. Thanks for any insights! 1980 GS850. Good charging system health, (known good battery properly trickle charged. SH775 reg/rec, Installed a cheap voltemeter), Battery is...
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    Front Master Cylinder...about that hole....

    Yup. looks like previous attempts with blunter objects had peened the aluminum around until there was no hole. A wire bristle wouldn't touch it, but cleaning up the hole followed by judicious use of a skinny point as a punch has opened up a tiny little hole, just big enough for a guitar high e...
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    Front Master Cylinder...about that hole....

    Thanks steve..I'll work on that more. A bristle seems to not want to go into it, and the fact that the inside of the bore seems so unmarked there...maybe my previous attempts to open it schmeared it over. Thabks for quick response!
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    Front Master Cylinder...about that hole....

    not sure if this picture is good for anything at all..looking inside the bore.
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    Front Master Cylinder...about that hole....

    pointing at the 'divot' which seems to not be a second hole....
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    Front Master Cylinder...about that hole....

    In various threads about rebuilding the front master cylinder, there is a common refrain of 'the second return hole'....a very small hole that lets fluid flow back and not cause the brakes to bind/lock over repeated use. My '80 850 has an issue...the PO (a forum guru and a real stand-up guy)...
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    who has used throw-over soft bags?

    I bought some shiny new Nelson Rigg 855s.. seem to fit over seat fine and fit a bag o' groceries per side. Hoped to under-seat them, but they Reeeeally wanna sit down on the exhaust then, even with the straps shortened up considerable. Thanks everyone for advice.. (and Salty Monk for the used...
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    Bellingham to Boise ADV style on an 850..

    I don't recall the brands; I know he started with older tires and kept picking up free/cheap ones at bike salvage yards. He had extras strapped on the tail!
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    Bellingham to Boise ADV style on an 850..

    A fiend/sometimes bike mechanic made this a couple years ago.... '83 850, mostly backroads. Trip involved changing out the rear hub and transmission while camping out in the boonies! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PTDr9W8Ffc
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    who has used throw-over soft bags?

    This is by far the best forum anywhere. Thank you all for much to think on....
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    who has used throw-over soft bags?

    Well, The new bike (1980 850G) has no luggage rack...and it is in such nice shape, I'm tempted to keep it all clean and clear. But toting some groceries or supplies is part of most rides... previous bikes had a rear rack with a stacking tailbag assembly... I'm looking at various throw-over...
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