2004 Honda Rebel ignition problem

My Rebel has about 3500 miles on it. Rode it last Saturday with no issues. Tried to start it on Monday and had no lights, no ignition, no nothing. Checked all the fuses and they are good. Strong battery. Removed the ignition switch and I'm getting power to the switch. The switch has 4 wires, red (hot), black, black/white, and green (ground). With the ignition switch on I get continuity between red and black but not red and black/white. The schematic seems to indicate the the black wire serves the lights, horn, kill switch, etc; and, the black/white wire seems to go to the ignition system. I know almost nothing about the electrical system but I perhaps the switch must have power to both black and black/white wires for the system to work. If that's the case then I have a bad ignition switch. Does anyone have any experience with a problem like this?

 

I have a 2006 Rebel, never had issues but if you want me to run out in garage and check function of anything, lemme know. There's also hondarebelforum.com.

 

Thanks, but it ended up being a bad battery. I learned a good lesson. It was a one year old battery and it showed 12+ volts when tested. I hooked it up to a battery tender and it charged up and showed good. So I traced all the wiring, tested all the fuses, and removed and tested the switch and all were good. Someone suggested that the battery was probably bad even though it tested good with a meter. So I jumped it with a good battery and everything worked. Bought a new battery and all is well. But before I installed the new battery I put a meter on the old battery and got 12 volts, but when I turned on the ignition switch the meter went to less than 1 volt. Apparently my one year old battery had a bad cell or a short.