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An intermittent fault can occur anytime from a few hours to a day or more after the bike gets a soaking.
My particular fault was that the left hand indicator would stay on and refuse to cancel - however I believe that any of the switches in the left or right switchgear could show similar faults - I have heard of one bike where the starter was operating continuously after being ridden in the rain.
I dismantled the left-hand switch cluster and the cause was plain to see - the thin rubber 'boots' which were mounted over the white buttons were perished. These boots are designed to keep water out of the buttons; they are made from a very thin, very flexible rubber and are very delicate.
I removed and discarded all of the damaged boots then liberally coated all the gaps around the white button tops and their sides with Dow Corning DC4 dielectric grease - this should keep the water from getting into the contacts in the future.
Oh - take care not to loose the little spring attached to the small plastic wedge - it sits under the light switch rocker and is essential to its operation.
My bike is an 05 standard 1200GS with just over 38,000 miles.
My particular fault was that the left hand indicator would stay on and refuse to cancel - however I believe that any of the switches in the left or right switchgear could show similar faults - I have heard of one bike where the starter was operating continuously after being ridden in the rain.
I dismantled the left-hand switch cluster and the cause was plain to see - the thin rubber 'boots' which were mounted over the white buttons were perished. These boots are designed to keep water out of the buttons; they are made from a very thin, very flexible rubber and are very delicate.
I removed and discarded all of the damaged boots then liberally coated all the gaps around the white button tops and their sides with Dow Corning DC4 dielectric grease - this should keep the water from getting into the contacts in the future.
Oh - take care not to loose the little spring attached to the small plastic wedge - it sits under the light switch rocker and is essential to its operation.
My bike is an 05 standard 1200GS with just over 38,000 miles.