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those dam eletrical gremlins again ...

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:50 am
by royster81
hey guys ,

i started my bike up yesterday after a few weeks of it sitting gathering dust and to my surprise i saw this ....!

the bike starts and rev normally but the guage says it's idling at 4K and not 1.8K,so i revved the bike and it revs up to 9K but it sounds as though it's only revving to around 5K.it sems the clocks are always 4/5K out ?!?!?!?!?!

i swapped out the CDI and it made no difference.
i swapped the clocks and that cured it so am i right in thinking the problem is going to be with the earthing connectors at the back of the clocks ?

has anyone had this before and what did it take to fix it ?

this has came as a big of a kick in the balls as the bike is nearly ready to go back out on the road ! :dmyspt:

Re: those dam eletrical gremlins again ...

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:48 am
by wullvfr
90% of the time issues with the tacho are to do with a poor earth.which in your case seems to be the culprit.

or it could have been the tacho on it's way out,you should have maybe tried cleaning the earth up to se if it made any difference first.



william

Re: those dam eletrical gremlins again ...

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:45 pm
by emto
I've had this, found it was the earth at the back of the tacho, clean & tighten and it'll be fine.

Re: those dam eletrical gremlins again ...

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:08 pm
by royster81
i cleaned the connections and it made no difference.
i swapped out the rev counter for the other one i had to rule out a fault in the loom behind the clocks and it's gone, so i figure the rev count is the guilty party.


very strange ,i thought the counter would either work or not work,not this i'm going to work 4K outta line bollocks.

so i guess i'll be shopping for a new rev counter then !!!!! :evil: :evil: :twisted: :twisted:

Re: those dam eletrical gremlins again ...

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:11 pm
by viper_biker
I've one you can have. Its the one from the trackbike.

Re: those dam eletrical gremlins again ...

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:13 pm
by royster81
and it works ok ? sweet man, when are you about and i'll call over and drink all your tea .

Re: those dam eletrical gremlins again ...

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:30 pm
by viper_biker
Just drop me a text when you're free, I'm about nearly all the rest of the week/weekend.

Oh, and it worked fine until I low-sided LOL

Re: those dam eletrical gremlins again ...

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:42 pm
by Martin
I'm gonna be drinking both of you two's tea in July :D

Re: those dam eletrical gremlins again ...

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:33 pm
by royster81
Martin wrote:I'm gonna be drinking both of you two's tea in July :D
sweet whats dates and i'll have the kettle on,email me buddy to the hotmail account :D :D :D