Hi There, just joined from Perth

Hi there. My name is Cliff from Perth WA. ive got a 1200, 2005 and ive got problems with the electrics, no speedo, taco, clock, or km display. Have checked all fuses, and connections, any ideas?

Welcome to the forum.
Check earth wire. Do all these run through a relay?
It has to be something common to all of the displays.

Hi Cliff and welcome aboard. Have you checked the connection to the dash ?

Thanks guys, will check that out today. Seems a bit strange its happened, the bikes only done 5000km

I'd pull out the dash and check the connector as others have stated. Might have just vibrated free.

Then again it could be a battery issue too. Does the bike start?

Bike starts and runs ok, has got power to oil light, indicator lights, high beam, neutral, and dash lights. Have now checked every thing i can except pull the gauges out, thats my next move.
Cliff

cliff1955 wrote:Thanks guys, will check that out today. Seems a bit strange its happened, the bikes only done 5000km

You sure you dont have one of these?

That looks easy to work on .I think mine can be better discribed as a lemon

cliff1955 wrote: That looks easy to work on .I think mine can be better discribed as a lemon

This might be a long shot but disconnect both leads from the battery for 10 mins or so and reconnect if you havent already done that.
Do you have a multi meter or test light?

Tried that, still no luck, have been using a test light and a multi meter.

cliff1955 wrote:Tried that, still no luck, have been using a test light and a multi meter.

Found this;
Instrument Light Electrical Cluster
The instrument lights are fed by a gray wire that comes from a large blue connector located directly behind the windscreen. This single gray wire then travels inside a sheath with a bunch of other wires down to the area directly below the instruments. It is here that things get interesting. Four gray wires (one each from tach, speedo, gas gauge, and ignition switch are crimped together with the single gray wire and the crimp is stuffed up inside the sheath the gray wire came down in. This has been known to cause problems on the Bandit. If your instrument lights are not working test the circuit. Unsnap the large blue connector and also unsnap a small connector located directly under the instruments. (this connector goes to the ignition switch) With a continuity checker check continuity from the gray wire in the blue connector to the gray wire in the small connector. If you do not have continuity then this is the culprit. You'll have to fix the electrical connections in this bundle to get your instument lights to work again.
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Thanks, will give that a shot soon, have to go off and do some work first.
Cheers

Just tracked down the problem, the ignition switch is faulty, thats where the gauges get there power from. Thanks for all your help, i now know a lot more about the Bandit electrics than when i first started. Ive just jumped the power from another source for now, will see if i can pull the switch apart over the next couple of days.
Cheers

welcome to the forum cliff1955

Hi & welcome Cliff, what suburb of Perth are you in?

Hi there, i live in Atwell.

A friend had a similar issue on his old '96. Turned out to be the side stand switch was dicky

Welcome to the forum Cliff.

A warm welcome to you mate. I don't mind a Margaret River red (or two) .

Nothing wrong with the wines in the Ferguson Valley either. If you don't know already the Margaret river region is a term used for wineries within about 150 - 200kms from Margaret river. It's a bit of a joke really.