Need electrical help!

[akira700]

ok about to go out on a long lunch ride... that kind a day!
NOT...

Bike won't stay running. Its intermittent, same thing happened last week.

Situation:
I turn the Key to On - All lights dash lights blink, tach needle swings up and down

Thumb the starter - She fires right up

Let go of the starter - she promptly dies

When this happened last week I noticed the turn signals behaving oddly.
I like one on / one off. On Hondas the front signals are always on usually.
I towed it home and forgot about it till the morning put an alternate battery into it because I killed it repeatedly trying to start it. The new battery seems to make all good again. So I chalk it up to a dead battery making the starter circuit act weird. But now the fully charged battery is doing the same thing. Any ideas? Starter switch? Tilt Sensor? Short?

electrical sucks...

[noxin]

Check the wires going to the turn signals and make sure they're not chewed/shorted.

[Kitt]

you have a short somewhere.

[akira700]

So is there some magic bullet for fixing shorts?
I heard that the Honda dash can blink some codes to tell you
where the issue is. Does this work for electrical stuff?
Guess I need to hit my factory service manual.

-Akira

[Paul_E_D]

Process of Elimination. You know the blinker circuit is iffy, so start there.

[SSearchVT]

Try starting the bike with the handlebars straight ahead, full lock left, full lock right. If it changes - you can narrow it down to one of the harnesses in/on the front end, or one that runs up to the front end.

[akira700]

Well there must be a clue here somewhere...

Runs when starter is pushed in. So its not just a short in
regards to normal running. Otherwise it wouldn't even fire up to
begin with. My brain just can't grasp it.
Why would it shut off when I let go of the starter?
But seem for run normal when the button is pushed in?

Need to look at some schematics.

[Degsy]

hold side of the starter relay is bad. I'd try a starter relay first and go from there.

[akira700]

Well thanks all.

Just a bummer to miss this beautiful day!