Flickering Lights

[Stupot]

After washing my bike I have got electrical issues
I.e flickering lights (oil/neutral)
No fuel priming noise
It's as though it's a bad earth or flat battery but battery is good
All was fine prior to jet washing
Any ideas to help please

[Will14]

I would imagine water ingress into electrical plugs behind LHS side panel and or ECU located behind battery. I would take side panel off and take plugs apart, blow out with compressed air if you have access to a compressor if not then dry as best you can and spray with contact cleaner whichever way you do it 

Also contact cleaner down the ignition swith and check electrical connection inside the headlight, also woth checking the earth cable from the battery is in good condition as they are prone to breaking up internally

Personally I would never jet/pressure wash a motorbike as water is forced into electrical switchs etc, normally a bucket of warm soapy water is enough

Hope this helps

Pete...

[seth]

Welcome to the org @Stupot
Good to see new folk here.

Maybe when you get a chance head into the bar and introduce yourself .

As for your bike problem check the connectors as already said but also all the connectors in the headlight and the main earth that goes from the rear of the motor to the battery as I had one fail and it was very much as your bike is .
The bike was trying to earth itself via the gear portion wires as the emmian earth was damaged I ended up rewiring those small wires and replacing the bigger main earth wire .
Good luck .

[Hooli]

Could just be water in the ignition switch too.

While you're in near the ECU though, check the drain hole is clear. It's on the LH side of the tray & can block up so your ECU is swimming.

[Big Phil]

As already stated stupot it will almost certainly be water ingress and or grounding issues. You should NEVER use a power washer on a motorcycle it's just asking for this sort of trouble. One tip, if like most of us you don't have access to a compressed air line at home, open up the connectors and use a hair dryer on full heat and then spray with WD40 to clear out any moisture.

[Hooli]

Just to be contradictory I do use a power washer on motorbikes, it's fine if you're aware where you are aiming it & how far away you're using it from. Like anything else, a tool can be misused & cause issues.

[Big Phil]

From some of the pictures of your bike I've seen Hooli only a very high velocity pressure washer would come close to shifting the muck on it. No surprises then that you use one🤣😂🤣

[Hooli]

The last couple of times I used it, the much remained but it lifted some paint on the engine 

But then I knew I was using too close just to see if the dirt would shift.

[KiwiCol]

I was thinking the same thing Big Phil.