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I've just got back from my annual bike adventure. This time to Dundee and back over the August bank holiday weekend (850 miles round trip). The Falco behaved impecably and didn't miss a beat except:

I noticed a couple of times coming to a halt and snicking into neutral, the oild warning light flickered a few times. Only when in neutral and as soon as I put it in first, the light stopped flickering. The oil and filter was changed a couple of weeks before I set off. Recommended semi-synthetic and correct rating used.

Any ideas and more important - anything to worry about?

I've had the bike almost 7 years now (she is nearly 9) and hate to think she might be poorly. I've never noticed this before.

Cheers y'all.

P.S. The A7 from top of M6 (J44?) to Edinburgh is a blast. Stop at Falkirk for a scotch pie and soup - the best...

that sounds like an electrical fault as if it was a mechanical problem it would'nt go out just because you've put it in first.i'd check the multi plug first at the base of the clocks to make sure the oil light is'nt picking up a feed from the neutral feed.

try changing the switch its easy and only a tenner , i had a similar problem and that s all it was

It occurred to me after I posted the question that I wonder if it could be electrical. I did get soaked 3 times on the way back and it was when id been in rain for an hour that it started happening.

So pleased with the replies that would support that. Maybe rain got in, but might change the switch anyway. I'll take her for a run and see what happens.

I'm amazed at the finish on this bike. Just given it a wash and it comes up gleaming.

The best!

And cheers for taking the time to reply.

FYI - had a look at the oil pressure switch and the body of it seems to have perished. There is evidence of a small quantity of oil leaking out but not from the nut seal. So I think, to use the technical jargon, it's nackered. New one on order.

P. S. I shouldn't need to drain the oil to change the switch - should I? I guess I'll lose a little bit, but most will be lower than the switch when it's been sitting for a while. It was fresh oil in August and me being from north of the border... (it's not un-PC to say that about yourself, is it)

no.

... bike running (starting!) well but noticed tonight the oil light staying on. Sight-glass oil level fine/not burning/leaking oil etc. This seemed to be the obvious thread (pressure switch/wiring), but any new input welcome...

Sounds electrical but just check the oil pressure switch ain't weeping. Thats the only thing to go wrong with my bike after 60K miles and the symptoms were the same apart from it didn't go off and on depending on the gear position.

Easy check to just have a butchers and it wasn't a fountain of oil, just a wetting off the top of the switch

k1w1boy wrote:... bike running (starting!) well but noticed tonight the oil light staying on. Sight-glass oil level fine/not burning/leaking oil etc. This seemed to be the obvious thread (pressure switch/wiring), but any new input welcome...

This is a fine example of the efficient use of the search facility. Even a Kiwi can do it

...it didn't do it today. Will wait til the weekend when I see it by day light to check the pressure switch. @ Mart - yep, the searchy thing coughs up the distilled rs wisdom... but sometimes you just can't be arsed trawling through all of it. I was lucky that my search perimeters were so clearly defined