Help, electrical problem

[clbuff]

Yesterday I was for about 20 minutes of riding when the motorcycle stall and I had turn on the reserve as usually do when I´m out of gas, but I have more than 3/4 in the tank, when I looked to the instruments the tripmaster was out (no numbers at all), the tachometer was working and the engine was running intermittent, I´d shoot the engine off and when I´d turn again the ignition key all the lights were dead, suddenly they came on and the bike start again but erratic, I´d try everything to try to have the engine on and I don´t know why but when I´d turn the lights on the engine regularize, what´s the problem?

thanks for your help,

Claudio
Caracas, Venezuela

[zorba]

Classic...
It is a loose battery connection

[DaveS]

Yep I'll second that.
Damned frustrating, but an easy fix once you know.
Remove the seat. Undo the bolt attaching the plastic cover to the battery compartment and then reattach / tighten the lead. Apply some thread locking compound if you don't want it to happen again!
Job done.

[clbuff]

sorry but not an loose terminal, I´d already try that

[zorba]

Try cleaning the terminals with WD40 and scotch bright, maybe it is a bad connection.

[YEN_POWELL]

Try by-passing the ignition switch. Mine had similar symptoms and needed a new switch. See other posts for a cheap alternative to the Honda ignition switch if that is the problem.