Sticking caliper and headlamp.

[Bryanj]

As long as the charger has enough output(5 amp) it should light as long as you get connections correct

[wolfheze]

Cheers. I'll try it on the battery anyway later to double check.
Just reinsured it and taken it off the sorn so I'll probably take it out in the next couple of days. Would prefer it to be with a working headlamp though. Not the best time to end up in hospital when someone dosent see you.

[wolfheze]

Headlamp works perfectly when connected to the battery. Had a quick look at the switch. Seems intact so don't know. 😡

[Bryanj]

OK lets start geting complicated:-

List the wire colours comming from the RH switch and if possible split the switch and say where in the switch they go to, dont get frustrated this will take a while and a lot of to&froing.
I am assuming you have a multimeter and know how to use it!

[wolfheze]

I'm afraid I don't have a multimeter and if I did wouldn't really know how to use it! Looks like I might have to learn though. Bloody annoying because it was working ok before it went into the Vacbag.

[K2-K6]

https://www.dx.com/p/uni-t-ut120c-portable-1-8-lcd-digital-multimeter-grey-red-1-x-cr2032-2018228.html?tc=GBP&ta=GB&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImv7s28u26QIVTLDtCh1PqAihEAQYASABEgL3cvD_BwE#.Xr7r-FXTU1I

I use the above,  brilliantly small and very capable.  Will do most things you'll ever need.

[wolfheze]

Thank you. I will have to invest in one. Hope it comes with a decent instruction book!

[Bryanj]

You dont need anything that good i get them for about£5 then a pp9 battery, only 2 readings you use, ohms for resistance and dc volts.

[Oggie400F]

You dont need anything that good i get them for about£5 then a pp9 battery, only 2 readings you use, ohms for resistance and dc volts.

Screwfix have one @ £9.99 and Halfords @ £8.00

[AshimotoK0]

If you buy any multimeter make sure it has a 10A DC current range as that is really useful on bike stuff (some are only short duration measurement of the full 10A but that's not a problem with bike related tests)
Also low ohms resistance measurement capability for checking coils etc. (e.g. Honda ignition coil primaries typically around 5 Ohms).

[Oggie400F]

If you buy any multimeter make sure it has a 10A DC current range as that is really useful on bike stuff (some are only short duration measurement of the full 10A but that's not a problem with bike related tests)
Also low ohms resistance measurement capability for checking coils etc. (e.g. Honda ignition coil primaries typically around 5 Ohms).

The Screwfix one is the LAP MAS830B and these are the details of  DC Voltage, DC Current and Resistance ranges from the manual.

EDIT:  It would have been nice if I had actually included the details. 🙈

Here they are:

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1170224/Mastech-Mas830b.html?page=6#manual

Is this one OK for most motorcycles including the SOHC?

[Bryanj]

That should be fine, what you do most is check where a wire goes, resistance, and voltage at certain points in the loom dc volts. AC volts is ocasional usefull for generator output but not often.

[wolfheze]

Thanks a lot. Sure I'll get there in the end!