Jonathan
25th May 2010, 21:53
Just got home on the river formally known as the State Highway 1.
My bikes electricals have been playing up lately - coinciding with the rains. It runs out of electrical power and won't start so I crash start it and it runs rough with the needle on the tachometer wobbling all over the place. I charged the battery up last night and by the time I got to work the headlight and instruments had dimmed to nothing.
This evening I left work and my starter was working fine, engine turning over but not staring. So I crash started it and went to the gym. 2 hours later I am on my way home and the bike started first time. I get to just past the Johnsonville off-ramp and suddenly my instruments and headlight begin dimming to nothing again! Just when the surface water is at its deepest, rain is at its heaviest and visibility is at its lowest! Carry on for a k or so and suddenly my engine looses half its power! Feels like only one cylinder is firing. I limp along like this - going at 80 with full throttle on 3rd gear.
Finally coming up to Porirua in a last ditch effort to get some light (it is past 9pm now) I switch on the high-beams. WHOOSH!!! The engine power is restored and the bike lurches forward! The instrument panel suddenly shines brightly! The high-beam blares forth! The bike is back to normal.
What's going on? Is something screwed up in my electrical system or does my bike just not like the rain?
My bikes electricals have been playing up lately - coinciding with the rains. It runs out of electrical power and won't start so I crash start it and it runs rough with the needle on the tachometer wobbling all over the place. I charged the battery up last night and by the time I got to work the headlight and instruments had dimmed to nothing.
This evening I left work and my starter was working fine, engine turning over but not staring. So I crash started it and went to the gym. 2 hours later I am on my way home and the bike started first time. I get to just past the Johnsonville off-ramp and suddenly my instruments and headlight begin dimming to nothing again! Just when the surface water is at its deepest, rain is at its heaviest and visibility is at its lowest! Carry on for a k or so and suddenly my engine looses half its power! Feels like only one cylinder is firing. I limp along like this - going at 80 with full throttle on 3rd gear.
Finally coming up to Porirua in a last ditch effort to get some light (it is past 9pm now) I switch on the high-beams. WHOOSH!!! The engine power is restored and the bike lurches forward! The instrument panel suddenly shines brightly! The high-beam blares forth! The bike is back to normal.
What's going on? Is something screwed up in my electrical system or does my bike just not like the rain?