Hello All, has enyone ever had their indicators go mad with a mind of their own?!
Yesterday morning, riding to work, the left indicators came on by themselves!
Using the button to cancel did nothing. Then all mayhem broke loose! Indicators all flashing together - including the hazard flasher button on the console. Then left indicator on - but not flashing. Then nothing on - including hazard button, which is normally on full-time. I stopped and switched off. Switch back on and a repeat of the madness. Then it stopped and went back to normal until I got to work. On leaving work in the evening, there was a minor repeat of the symptoms.
The only thing I can think of was that I washed the bike on Sunday afternoon and wondered if water had got into the instruments? I removed the instruments and tried to get the chrome back off in an effort to dry them out indoors. Even having removed all the screws and getting some movement, the two halves won’t separate as they seem to be locked together at the extreme left and right hand sides. I have left them prised slightly apart in the hope that any moisture inside can escape.
Has anyone got any ideas - am I barking up the wrong tree?
(BTW - these clocks appear to be the same as on the Nevada and the other 750’s)
The later 750 are slightly different.
Probobly water if it has cured itself.
The manual says not to use a hose.
So I don’t.
There is a multi pin plug on it. Pull this off and spray pins with an electrical lubricant such as Servisol. Not WD40.
In fact while you have the can in your hand, spray every electrical connector with it.Brian UK2012-12-11 16:09:42
check earths !on early B750s, don’t know if they changed it later, there is a large bunch of earth tags held by the bellhousing bolt under righthand throttlebody. They assembled the bolt without grease (steel bolt in an oversize aluminium hole that collects water . . . good planning) and they did not remove the casing paint from under the earth tags so that’s a poor contact too. Usual routine: remove bolt, wirebrush the rust off thread and under the head, scrape paint off casing where earth tags sit, clean tags too, grease everything and reassemble. For completeness use a springwasher to bite into the tags and bolt head.
Hello All,
after a few days of drying out indoors, I put the clocks back on the bike and all peace and harmony was restored.
It seems odd to me that they would put instruments that are sensitive to water ingress on a bike!!! Doesn’t it rain in Italy?
…and no Ian, I didn’t use a hose. So we’re not supposed to clean our bikes either?djpockets2012-12-18 14:21:29
Well dipockets my views on cleaning bikes are well know.
Glad its sorted.
There is a document on Guzzitech about damp in the CARC model clocks, some of it might be applicable to the 750.