Got the bike all ready to go and took the picture below.  Just as I got on it to go I thought, “Wouldn’t it be something if the bike did not start?”  Sure enough.  Here I was in my rainsuit; bags all packed; gloves and helmet on, and the start button did not work.

On the second, more forceful push the bike started.  But that was just the beginning.  After many times with starting malfunction, I found myself in Clarksville, TN at a Yamaha dealer. They said it was a bad switch; they did not have one, but they would try to locate one and have it shipped to a dealer overnite in Bloomington, IL.  I got on the phone with the dealer, gave my card number, and they placed the order.  But they said the part was not available; it was on back order to be shipped Sept 13!

I rode the rest of the day starting the bike only one time at lunch.  I let it idle while gassing up (luckily I have a spare key with me; otherwise I would have to stop the bike to use the key to open the gas cap).  Don’t know what we are going to do.  We are trying to locate a used part or a dealer with one on a bike in a showroom they would sell.

Bob