I have encountered a strange problem which I was wondering if anyone can help me with. I am on a RTW trip and am currently in Mocoa, Colombia.

On my way here I stopped on the side of the road and noticed that I had no neutral light, so I figured it was the bulb, but when I tried to start the bike there was no power to the starter. The battery is new and has over 13 volts. The lights and hooter work fine with the ignition switch on, but no neutral light.

I checked the bulb but it's fine and swapped it with the high beam bulb just to make sure. The main fuse on the starter relay is fine. When I had the relay out I tested the block connector that comes out of the relay. There are 3 wires. One of them gave me 13 volts and the two parallel ones gave me 5.5 volts. That might be a problem. I also cleaned the lead by the gear shift which I think is for the neutral light but that didn't help.

As a last resort (I was about 50 km's from Mocoa, my destination) I tried to push start it and was surprised to find that it ran perfectly. But then when I put down the kickstand it switched off. With the kickstand up I still had no starter motor or neutral light. The guys that were helping me and I pushed the bike back up the hill, push started it again, and I rode straight to this hostel.

It was dark by then so I haven't delved into it, but if anyone has any ideas I can try I'd be most grateful.