Idiot of the week submission - SV650.org

ChrisCurvyS · 12-06-13, 08:13 PM

Got a bit of an issue with the bike where it runs on one cylinder after being left out in the rain until it warms up.

Started it tonight, was keeping the revs up while I backed it out a parking space, then the revs dropped and it cut out with an almighty backfire. Went to start it again and absolutely nothing happened when I hit the starter button.

Everything else seemed fine - alarm came on and off OK, dash etc as normal. So with many an expletive I got down on my knees in the rain, got the toolkit out, took the panels and seats off, went through all the fuses starting with the ignition and main fuse - nothing, all fine. Swapped them for the spares just in case and still nothing from the starter button.

Getting p*ss wet through now and lots of pitying looks from people leaving the office. Checked the clutch and sidestand switches, then checked the starter motor connections and what I could see of the wiring loom coming out the button - nothing.

Was just about to call the RAC. Then I saw it...

DarrenSV650S · 12-06-13, 08:15 PM

Kill switch!

ChrisCurvyS · 12-06-13, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

Kill switch!

Got it in one! Must've caught it with my thumb while revving the bike.

The backfire should have given me a clue.

That's an hour of my life I'll never get back...

Nobbylad · 12-06-13, 08:22 PM

...but what a learning curve! You'll never do it again!

ChrisCurvyS · 12-06-13, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nobbylad

...but what a learning curve! You'll never do it again!

You'd hope so. Like the time I put a new battery on in the unlit shed and got the terminals the wrong way round.

Or absent-mindedly took a blown number plate bulb out with a metal key fob on the car. Result - 20 quid for the garage to replace the fuse which Renault helpfully placed under the ECU and shed loads of gubbins in the engine compartment.

Nobbylad · 12-06-13, 08:49 PM

I've lost count of the number of mains electric jobs I've done without switching the juice off....lots of electrifying memories!

Bibio · 12-06-13, 09:10 PM

well you see the pointy has an 'idiot light' telling you to 'CHECK' when you hit the kill switch or leave it in gear.

yey one up for the pointy.. lol

apart from that may i bee the first to say PLONKER

12-06-13, 09:15 PM

Hahahahahahaha! We have all been there

LewSpeight · 12-06-13, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bibio

well you see the pointy has an 'idiot light' telling you to 'CHECK' when you hit the kill switch or leave it in gear.

yey one up for the pointy.. lol

apart from that may i bee the first to say PLONKER

This is news to me!? :O

Sent from that magical device in my pocket.

12-06-13, 11:40 PM

I used to do this when pushing the bike out of the garage and a few times I thought the battery had given up!

12-06-13, 08:13 PM	#1
ChrisCurvyS Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Cheshire Posts: 562	Idiot of the week submission Got a bit of an issue with the bike where it runs on one cylinder after being left out in the rain until it warms up. Started it tonight, was keeping the revs up while I backed it out a parking space, then the revs dropped and it cut out with an almighty backfire. Went to start it again and absolutely nothing happened when I hit the starter button. Everything else seemed fine - alarm came on and off OK, dash etc as normal. So with many an expletive I got down on my knees in the rain, got the toolkit out, took the panels and seats off, went through all the fuses starting with the ignition and main fuse - nothing, all fine. Swapped them for the spares just in case and still nothing from the starter button. Getting p*ss wet through now and lots of pitying looks from people leaving the office. Checked the clutch and sidestand switches, then checked the starter motor connections and what I could see of the wiring loom coming out the button - nothing. Was just about to call the RAC. Then I saw it... __________________ Red Suzuki GN 125 - sold Black Yamaha XJR400 - sold Current - 2000 SV650S curvy, red. 1969 VW Beetle for the snow.

12-06-13, 08:15 PM	#2
DarrenSV650S Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,414	Re: Idiot of the week submission Kill switch!

12-06-13, 08:22 PM	#4
Nobbylad Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: West Lancs Posts: 4,055	Re: Idiot of the week submission ...but what a learning curve! You'll never do it again!

12-06-13, 08:49 PM	#6
Nobbylad Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: West Lancs Posts: 4,055	Re: Idiot of the week submission I've lost count of the number of mains electric jobs I've done without switching the juice off....lots of electrifying memories!

12-06-13, 09:10 PM	#7
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,569	Re: Idiot of the week submission well you see the pointy has an 'idiot light' telling you to 'CHECK' when you hit the kill switch or leave it in gear. yey one up for the pointy.. lol apart from that may i bee the first to say PLONKER

12-06-13, 09:15 PM	#8
Runako Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Idiot of the week submission Hahahahahahaha! We have all been there

12-06-13, 11:40 PM	#10
rb8989 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Idiot of the week submission I used to do this when pushing the bike out of the garage and a few times I thought the battery had given up!

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