2006 Honda 350FM Neutral Light Issue

[blakegriggs81]

So my 2006 Honda 350 fm is having an issue where the neutral light doesn’t come on. I’ve shifted into neutral, checked all the fuses, the battery is good and still no neutral light comes on when I turn the key. I found the neutral safety switch connecter and hooked an alligator clip to the green and red striped wire and put the other end of the alligator clip to the negative side of the battery and nothing happens. I put an alligator clip to the gray wire and put the other end to the negative side of the battery. Nothing happens. I can put the alligator clip to the positive side of the battery and the reverse light on the dash will come on. I tried doing the green and red stripe wire to the positive side of the battery and the light doesn’t come on that way either. So neither the negative or positive side of the battery will turn the neutral light on. Only the reverse light works but only on the positive side of the battery. The ohm meter will only read continuity on the gray reverse wire. Not getting any kind of reading on the green/red wire.No continuity just a big open line reading for thegreen/red wire. Is the neutral safety switch brokeN? 

[davefrombc]

Check the light bulb itself.

 

[blakegriggs81]

Bulb is good just changed it. Just noticed that the reverse light only comes on if I hold either the left or right brake on the handle bars. But the gray reverse wire has to be touching the positive battery terminal and then I’ll hold the brake lever and it lights up. 

[Autismdad956]

Sonetimes its just a sinple ground making bad contact. 

[Finnforest]

Had the same issue on a suzuki , reverse light worked but not the neutral, took the "sender" apart and it was filled with oil, so the contacts where burnt.

My advice is to remove it, measure it on the bench first, maybe try and clean it inside with some brakecleaner. Make sure it isnt binding in anyway.