Hello,
It seems my naked 99 SV650 is destined for the grave!
A few weeks ago the bike had an eggy smell when i came to a stop. Next time I road it, I was on a nice twisty when suddenly I lost power to the engine... a quick look road showed the rev counter going the wrong way and then nothing.
Fortunately I got off unscathed (not that the Mrs cared who was more worried about me being home for the kids tea!).
A good check round the bike when waiting for the breakdown guy showed the following:
Headlight blown
Battery very hot
Odo failing to light at all - eventually lighting until I pressed any lighting button or the starter
I read up a similar issue and could see that this combined with the rev counter behavior that was now stock between 0 and 15k (but the wrong way round ie in the white space!) was caused by a faulty regulator/rectifier.
I have replaced the following to no avail... Spark Plugs, Regulator, Fuses, Battery. All lights now work although I need to put a new headlight in. The starter motor ticks over no problem but she just refuses to fire.
I am out of ideas - please help!!
The only two things I can think off now are - I need new front & rear coils or the fact my rev counter had the current flow the wrong way through it when the rectifier blew means that its duff and the bike thinks it has hit the limit???
Any help you can give will be really appreciated!