I posted here as it's an electrical issue, so any ideas on a possible cause.
This morning for some yet undiscovered reason I turned the key on and had nothing working except the clock. Turned the key off/on again and noticed the clock go out and come back on again and still showing the correct time.
Extremely puzzled as to why after seven years of fault free electrics this would happen when they day before everything was ok. I suspected a dead battery as it's been in for three years next month and it is not unusual for a battery to fail without warning. I took the side cover off in readiness for a jump start from the car and noticed that the ignition lights had come back on so I pressed the starter and away she went......so possibly not battery after all.
Put all the bike back together and tried to start again and all ok.......so down to fuel up and bike starts ok so off down to the city to see the granddaughter. No problems starting the bike when it was time head for home. Needed to fuel up again and bike starts as usual.
About 1km down the road the ABS warning light comes on and to clear it I need to stop/restart and if all goes well the warning lights should go out. So, red light up ahead, stopped, key off, key on and no ignition lights again. Told Heather to get off before the lights changed and I pushed the bike clear of the traffic.
Nothing dead as a Do Do. Side cover off, checked all the fuses I could find and all appeared ok. After 20 mins I called Stinkypete for a little assistance. While waiting for Pete I did manage to get the ignition lights again but only for a couple seconds. We moved the bike further out of harms way and after checking it out again Heather kicked the side cover and said "see if it starts now".....key on and it all lights up again and started, (rang Peter, all ok) put bike all back together, got on, forgot the side stand before I put it in first, bike stops and no more lights (rang Pete again....not ok).
Had me beat what was wrong but I was thinking side stand switch, ignition switch or anything related. Not exactly sure what we did, but lights came back on, bike started and wasn't turned off until we got home at 7:30. On the way back home the ABS warning light comes back on about 50ks after we left the city and I just let the light flash till I got home.
At home, Heather off the bike, pressed the ABS but to stop the light from flashing, key off and key on and no lights again as I expected. Key off/on again and it all lights up, and again it all lights up..........so key off and left sit for the night......see what happens in the morning. I rang Peter to let him know we got home ok....