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tail light stays on

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when I turn my ignition key to the wheel lock position my tail light stays on, I had to find this out the hard way, and when I got back to my bike the battery was dead, also does my 77 gs550 have a fuse block, because I have not seen one
 
Sounds like you turned it to the "park" position...not "lock". My 850 has both and I bet your 550 does as well. The "park" position I believe locks the steering but also leaves the taillight on....the thought being that if you need to park it on the side of the road at night it is sorta like hazard lights on your car. :? :? :?
 
twhite said:
Sounds like you turned it to the "park" position...not "lock". My 850 has both and I bet your 550 does as well. The "park" position I believe locks the steering but also leaves the taillight on....the thought being that if you need to park it on the side of the road at night it is sorta like hazard lights on your car. :? :? :?
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turn the ignition switch the other direction
 
Re: tail light stays on

If its like the 77 750's it will only have one main fuse.

Earl

gs550 said:
when I turn my ignition key to the wheel lock position my tail light stays on, I had to find this out the hard way, and when I got back to my bike the battery was dead, also does my 77 gs550 have a fuse block, because I have not seen one
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earlfor said:
If its like the 77 750's it will only have one main fuse.

Earl

gs550 said:
when I turn my ignition key to the wheel lock position my tail light stays on, I had to find this out the hard way, and when I got back to my bike the battery was dead, also does my 77 gs550 have a fuse block, because I have not seen one
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Yep one main fuse, Karens 78 is the same. I know because I looked all over it for the fuse block. :roll: :D Bill
 
when I turn it all the way to the left it doesnt lock the wheel, it just shuts everything off, unless im missing something there is only 3 different positions on my ignition key, there is off, on, and "park", let me know because I would like to have the steering lock, but i dont like having my battery going dead
 
GS550, do you have the bars cranked all the way to one side or the other?
 
There has to be a wire lead on the ignition switch that is activated to turn on the tail light when the ignition is switched to the park position. If all else fails, you could disconnect that lead. It would only result in the "extra" tail light circuit being disabled.

Earl



gs550 said:
when I turn it all the way to the left it doesnt lock the wheel, it just shuts everything off, unless im missing something there is only 3 different positions on my ignition key, there is off, on, and "park", let me know because I would like to have the steering lock, but i dont like having my battery going dead
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yes the wheel is all the way to the left when I put it in "park", it will fall over if it isnt because there is no centerstand
 
On my 82 GS850 my steering lock is just between the off position and the park position (I believe). You may be turning you key just a tad to far or try turning the key past the park position.

Then again, you may have a seperate lock on the steering column. Look by the bottom of you steering column yoke just in front of your gas tank, you may have a lock there that locks your steering.
 
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