Electrical issue
 

I have little experience working on motorcycles just to start off, especially electrical parts and wiring. But I have a 98 SH I recently bought and was putting a plug in LED headlight bulb in to try to have a better view at night.. it didn’t work after plugging in so I just tried putting the old bulb back in, that didn’t work either. Now the bike won’t start but all the other lights and everything work and all the fuses are good including the main. Any suggestions on what to check? I’m sure it’s something easy that I just don’t know about

I'd suggest checking through the starter button on the right bar and associated wire and connector to the main harness, you may have dislodged something. The headlight power is routed through the starter button so that it cuts the light when you press the button (so the starter has more available juice). If the headlight and starting have failed, that spot is common to both. Good luck.

[QUOTE=Cadbury64;412753]I'd suggest checking through the starter button on the right bar and associated wire and connector to the main harness, you may have dislodged something.


I just checked and from what I can tell everything seems fine. There’s power to the starter button itself, the wires look fine. The first red connector from the starter button only had power to 2 of the 7 prongs, I don’t know if that’s normal?

Also I noticed the high beam light on the speedo isn’t coming on, maybe that can help narrow it down

I decided to double check the main fuse with the test light. Its fine and there’s power coming from the battery, but no power to the right post that goes to the starter?
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starter relay
 

Replace the starter relay,it's what your cables and fuse are attached to. Mine left me stranded years ago.Using your voltmeter you will see 12+ volts on the left side of the relay{feed from battery} on the right you should see the same voltage when you push the starter button {Cable feed to starter}. If you don't see voltage,the relay has failed.
The same relay was used on many Honda's,I bought mine on Ebay cheap.