Tal
Living Legend
Sunday was looking good weather wise so i put it out to a few cobbers about a ride up the coast to Kaikoura for a beer...its about an hour and a half ride and very enjoyable.
Five of us went and when we arrived we fueled up before having a fizzy drink and some lunch.
I went to start my bike after fueling and it just made a small click and the dash went out and nothing!...I took the key fob out of my pocket and turned it off and back on again and tried it ...nothing...i put the sidestand up and everything came back on and she started...but the service light was on and i checked the menu..The time and date had reset back to the year 2000 and the time was all wrong. I reset it all and carried on around to the Pier Hotel as planned.
When i got there i turned the bike off and it wouldnt bloody start again!..After fiddling with things it fired up again.
When we were ready to leave it did the same thing and i had to reset everything so i left it running and rode home.
All the way home it was on my mind.."Might be the keyfob battery?...'no, i changed that recently'....must be a loose earth strap cos everything goes back to factory settings'...
When i got home i took my bag off and lifted the seat...sure enough the negative coupling on the battery was very loose!...i had added a digital tyre pump wiring recently and the bolt had come loose!...I added a spring washer to the bolt and tightened it all down real firm...
Hopefully, fingers crossed, ive fixed it...had me thinking all sorts of bad things for a while!.
Five of us went and when we arrived we fueled up before having a fizzy drink and some lunch.
I went to start my bike after fueling and it just made a small click and the dash went out and nothing!...I took the key fob out of my pocket and turned it off and back on again and tried it ...nothing...i put the sidestand up and everything came back on and she started...but the service light was on and i checked the menu..The time and date had reset back to the year 2000 and the time was all wrong. I reset it all and carried on around to the Pier Hotel as planned.
When i got there i turned the bike off and it wouldnt bloody start again!..After fiddling with things it fired up again.
When we were ready to leave it did the same thing and i had to reset everything so i left it running and rode home.
All the way home it was on my mind.."Might be the keyfob battery?...'no, i changed that recently'....must be a loose earth strap cos everything goes back to factory settings'...
When i got home i took my bag off and lifted the seat...sure enough the negative coupling on the battery was very loose!...i had added a digital tyre pump wiring recently and the bolt had come loose!...I added a spring washer to the bolt and tightened it all down real firm...
Hopefully, fingers crossed, ive fixed it...had me thinking all sorts of bad things for a while!.