Hey guys, how's it going?
Posting again because I am encountering a strange new problem with my '01 f4i. Recently we had a very bad rain storm (don't know if that's related) and at one point, my bike was uncovered for several hours (wasn't home to cover it). Today on my way to work, I noticed that my HID's weren't on. So I kept on going and figured I'd mess with them later. Well on my way home from work, they suddenly just turned back on on their own. Then a couple miles later, turned back off. Now the weird part: In the process of turning the bike on and off to see any results from the HID's, I noticed that my starter switch wasn't doing anything. So I pulled in my clutch thinking maybe it wasn't all the way in when I tried and all of a sudden the bike turned over, on its own. Turned it back off with the kill switch and when I flipped the kill switch back on, the bike fired up again, on its own. Not pushing the starter or anything, the bike is just starting itself... I also noticed the instrument cluster slightly dims when the bike starts and it also does the same thing every few seconds while its running (as if it's trying to start itself even though it's already running). Any ideas on what could've gotten wet or shorted or anything?

 

definitely sounds like a short, check all the wires in the hand controls and the ignition and see if theres something loose.

 

Start switch is messed up. Take it apart and clean it.

I bet that solves your issue.

 

Okay so I've narrowed down the symptoms as well as noticed some new ones. I now realize that when my clutch is pulled completely in, my starter is continually turning even with the bike started. I also had a new problem today that was a little strange. After filling with gas, I went to start it but after I put it in gear, every time I released the clutch my motor instantly killed. Then I'd pull the clutch and it would start, release and it died. Like a kill switch, not like it stalling. Eventually after frantically (late to work) going through the gears several times and starting/stopping the motor, it stayed running but idk what the deal was. All this is making me think it's either the starter switch or the clutch position sensor or something along those lines

 

The clutch switch is working. Its interrupting the stuck start signal when the lever is not pulled.

 

So how would I check/fix that? Is that in the clutch lever? Pardon my ignorance lol

 

The clutch switch is fine.
Start by cleaning the start switch.