| Author | Message | ||
     Dgunther |
I had an unusual situation on my way to homecoming. My uly was parked outside in a moderate thunderstorm - the first time ever outside in the rain while not being ridden (one of my bag seals failed to hold back the moisture and ruined my BRAG atlas!  ). The following morning as I was riding down the road, the starter began to fire intermittently without me pressing the starter button. It stopped after a few seconds, but did it again the next time I started the bike. I borrowed some WD40 and shot it into the switch housing (without taking the housing apart) and all seems to be well since then. Luckily I wasn't in the middle of nowhere when it happened. Are the switches notoriously lacking in dielectric grease or am I just really lucky? | ||
| Slipknot |
BUMP Someone know the answer to this? | ||
| Electraglider_1997 |
One instance does not mean a recall is is order. I've been in a few nasty deluges and never had that problem...yet. | ||
| Kvdog |
Mine started acting strange after getting wet, but it's the headlights--intermittent flickering from low to high beam and off altogether. Now it seems associated with moving the handlebars, as has been mentioned before here. Anybody have input on this one? | ||
| Gtmg |
David, I rode mine through a running downpour last year on the way to Pensacola and really didn't have any problems. I was soaking wet by the end while my wife on her cruiser and nice rain suit was dry though. I guess your advice about looking hard at Pelican seems pretty good doesn't it for luggage?? (Message edited by gtmg on July 21, 2007) | ||
| Lorazepam |
There has been at least one other instance of this happening. I recall someone else having the same issue. It was a one time deal like yours. Kvdog, Yours sounds like a connector, or chafed wires. Check the search function for wiring problems. This has been discussed several times. | ||
| Kvdog |
Thanks. I found some info. here regarding the wire bundle chafing on the steering head, but now I can't find the posts (I believe somebody even included a pic of the wire bundle behind the flyscreen.) I'm guessing it's that because it happens when I swing the bars. I fooled around with it today, buy couldn't get the lights to flicker by moving any wires around. Riding the bike later, it started happening again. Update: Did more poking around and found the problem: Kinked wire at blade connector crimp point where headlight wires ground on steering head. (Message edited by kvdog on July 22, 2007) | ||
| Dgunther |
Gtmg, I've been in some really nasty "frog chokers" while moving and never had a problem with it either. It was just this one time that it sat outside all night and got rained on that I saw this happen. I wonder if the way it was parked (bars turned) allowed water to enter the switch housing where it ordinarily would not if I were moving and much of the water would be deflected by the handguards. I'm not suggesting a recall or any such thing - just wondering if anybody else has had some switchgear issues related to rain. I remember one of the guys in the back campground at March Badness had some kill switch issues related to rain on his Lightning on the way down. IIRC, he ended up having to pull the throttle side gear apart and clean some corrosion off the contacts. | ||
| Turnero2 |
The same thing happen to me just washing my bike. It only happen one time? |
