06 Outlaw 500 died

[06IRS]

Any ideas on what this could be will be greatly appreciated.

I was riding yesterday for the first time in about a month. I rode for about 40 min no problems. I was coming up out of a sand pit and it backfired. It started running rough and after a few minutes is was backfiring every 1-2 min but it was running. I started home slowly and it was running rough but moving along. I am thinking there is something in the carb and I will do a carb cleaning and should be OK.

I am almost home and I slow down to go through some fairly deep water. It stalls and then will not start. I get nothing form the starter, no green neutral light but the fan is running and runs for a while until it cools off then the fan shuts off. Now when I turn the key on a get a click every 20 seconds or so but nothing from the starter or any lights.

With the dead lights I am now confused, I can't see how the backfiring lead to this.

I am going to check fuses to see if something blew while it was running rough.

I have not tackled this yet. Does anyone have any advice on what to look at first?

[sleddog66]

I think I saw a post on this very thing with the fugi engine. A blow fuse if I remember correctly, but it was in a weird spot....someone will remember and chime in. Definatly sounds like a loss of current/voltage thing.

[Outlaw 50]

Trace all the wiring harness and look for any shorts in it......pay particular attention to the wiring for the rear brake light where it runs close to the exhaust.

[06IRS]

Thanks for the advice, it was a short in the rear tail light. Fixed the short and everything is working now.