whysub
Tuned and Synch'ed
I have had my Sport a couple of years now, but haven't ridden it much as I had a series of old hacks to commute the 600 miles a week to and from work, and I had a V-strom to tour on. Due to a leg injury I have just sold the V-Strom (the stretch to the ground was too much for my leg to take), so my Guzzi will become my bike for touring now (Czech in May, Albania in August).
Anyway, I don't know why but on Saturday I could not start it. Pressing the button did nothing, except produce a faint "click" from under the seat. This was followed a few seconds later by another faint "click". No warning lights, no red triangle, everything working on the dash as normal.
Seat off, side panel off, and all relays and multi-plugs removed or unpluhgged and cleaned up and given a little spray of contact cleaner.
I did see that there was one, three holed multi plug that had a piece of wire looping from hole one to hole three (I wish I had taken a photo of it now, but think that describes what it is)-anyone know what this is? Reconnected everything, put back together and nothing but the same clicks heard again.
So I removed the battery (which is always connected to an Optimate charger when parked up), cleaned all the terminals and leads, and reinstalled. No change.
So I took the battery out of my BMW K1300S, swapped thwem over and still no change. The guzzi battery started tjhe BMW no problem, so I can rule out the battery (I think).
So what now? What is the bypass I have read about? has anyone any photos of this?
I did rock the bike too and fro in gear but I am not sure if the starter motor is pre engaged or not? Is it possible to run a wire from the postive side of the battery to the positive side of the starter solenoid to see if that works? I am a bit cautious as I don't want to damage anything by doing something incorrectly.
Or do I just put it in the back of a van and take it to a Guzzi dealer to sort out.?
Thanks
Anyway, I don't know why but on Saturday I could not start it. Pressing the button did nothing, except produce a faint "click" from under the seat. This was followed a few seconds later by another faint "click". No warning lights, no red triangle, everything working on the dash as normal.
Seat off, side panel off, and all relays and multi-plugs removed or unpluhgged and cleaned up and given a little spray of contact cleaner.
I did see that there was one, three holed multi plug that had a piece of wire looping from hole one to hole three (I wish I had taken a photo of it now, but think that describes what it is)-anyone know what this is? Reconnected everything, put back together and nothing but the same clicks heard again.
So I removed the battery (which is always connected to an Optimate charger when parked up), cleaned all the terminals and leads, and reinstalled. No change.
So I took the battery out of my BMW K1300S, swapped thwem over and still no change. The guzzi battery started tjhe BMW no problem, so I can rule out the battery (I think).
So what now? What is the bypass I have read about? has anyone any photos of this?
I did rock the bike too and fro in gear but I am not sure if the starter motor is pre engaged or not? Is it possible to run a wire from the postive side of the battery to the positive side of the starter solenoid to see if that works? I am a bit cautious as I don't want to damage anything by doing something incorrectly.
Or do I just put it in the back of a van and take it to a Guzzi dealer to sort out.?
Thanks