fuses/or electrical issues.

[Harvy]

see link in post 53. also, maybe I don't have the switch. I actually have an ebay neutral switch right next to me. That's will be my next tinkering issue....

OK, got it....it is not the bulb.

So it goes out as soon as the bike starts........ does it illuminate if you move the gear change lever up and down just a little (not enough to engage a gear) while the bike is running?

I will take a look at mine when I get home, as I can't remember how it works, but from memory it's just activated by the position of the selector drum maybe. I'm thinking that maybe there is enough play in the gear selector mechanism that when the motor is running it turns off.

Of course, I may be completely wrong!

Harvy

[andyb]

The green light is controlled by a lil wire connected to a roughly triangular piece of plastic on the left of the motor, it has a contact that touches the pin that sticks out of the end of the drum.  Three screws retain it, pop it out, clean that area up good and solid (there's an oring in there I think also to seal the area from the chain filth nearby, as well as keeping some oil in the motor perhaps).  Been awhile since I was in that area though, so I'm prolly in left field also.  Possible that the wire to that point is mostly broken and moving the shifter causes it to make the connection, also.  I had to replace that wire on mine as well as the oil level sender's connection, looked like something maybe got in the chain and chewed them up a bit in there.

[karl61]

thanks for the replies:

this is what I bought from ebay. I hope it works.