What are the odds?

[Zedder]

Oil leak sorted. WOF sorted. Air In tyres sorted. Quick ride and time to fuel up. Dead Prila. WTF!. She just doesn't turn over. Push the button, yay let's go says the starter, click no says the ECU. Fizzing with moderate disappointment it was cig time. Called the shop for a pickup, called the wife for a pick up and sat and watched a guy thumbing the starter of his Suzuki. Hmmmmmm. Another dead Motorcycle.

What are the odds?

A similar thing happened to me today Masho. I was cruising along all well and good then opened the throttle to go up a hill and ... nothing, not even a bit of power, so I pulled over and checked fuel (even though there were no warning lights on), kill switch etc. Not a thing seemed wrong.

Anyway, about 10 minutes later, I tried starting it and the thing bursts into life. So I headed off cautiously and expecting more drama but it didn't happen again in the next hour it took to get home. Maybe a sick coil, crap in the fuel, vapour lock who knows?

Hope you get yours sorted soon without to much hassle.

[mashman]

I'll be getting the Ricks R/R, the original may well be functioning but with a gruntier stator it'll be the next thing to go.
Figured Rick's built the stator so they've put some effort into making the stator and R/R compatible

I read mini_me's thread and had a quick look around for an '09 rotor. None at AF1 and none in the for sale section.
Don't really rate the chances of Piaggio NZ getting behind the european offer of upgrades, you've really only got to take a look at the amount of interest they show in actually running a dealership system here.

That said, if you do manage to make headway with them I'll be more than glad to make use of your hard work!

Nice... all the best with that one working out. , will let you know how I get on with Piaggio , but ya never know if ya don't ask eh.

[mashman]

A similar thing happened to me today Masho. I was cruising along all well and good then opened the throttle to go up a hill and ... nothing, not even a bit of power, so I pulled over and checked fuel (even though there were no warning lights on), kill switch etc. Not a thing seemed wrong.

Anyway, about 10 minutes later, I tried starting it and the thing bursts into life. So I headed off cautiously and expecting more drama but it didn't happen again in the next hour it took to get home. Maybe a sick coil, crap in the fuel, vapour lock who knows?

Hope you get yours sorted soon without to much hassle.

Aye tis never nice when you just know that something is wrong but you don't know what. Is it gonna happen in a corner etc... Hope your issue was a one off piece of shitty fuel.

[Zedder]

Aye tis never nice when you just know that something is wrong but you don't know what. Is it gonna happen in a corner etc... Hope your issue was a one off piece of shitty fuel.

Yep, the thought crossed my mind about Murphys input on a corner alright.

I've checked a few things out further and all seems ok at this stage. Some more investigation is due later, but beer o'clock has got the better of me.

[mashman]

Yep, the thought crossed my mind about Murphys input on a corner alright.

I've checked a few things out further and all seems ok at this stage. Some more investigation is due later, but beer o'clock has got the better of me.

heh... aye, that fucker's a law unto himself.

That reminds me, I need to take the fridge freezer apart to find out where I can interrupt the hose to the drinks dispenser... then I can get a brew on and buy a keg kit

[Mom]

Superstitious rubbish, just an electrical falure, nothing more to it

Sheesh. Put your funny bone down and now you cant find it?

But that doesn't explain the failure of the other motorcycle at the garage ... ommmmmmmmm

Now that def is the meteor

[Zedder]

heh... aye, that fucker's a law unto himself.

That reminds me, I need to take the fridge freezer apart to find out where I can interrupt the hose to the drinks dispenser... then I can get a brew on and buy a keg kit

Intriguing about the drinks dispenser and brew plan.

[mashman]

Now that def is the meteor

I'll knock myself up an early warning system immediately as I'll not be happy if it happens again.

Intriguing about the drinks dispenser and brew plan.

will post piccies when I get A into G.

[nosebleed]

Hey man, all going again.

Rough V x A calculations put my stator in the 500w catagory.
If you've ordered that rotor from ebay and want to use it, thats cool. I'll look at changing my rotor at the next oil change in 5000k's so no hurry.

FYI the Ricks R/R sems to max out at around 13.2v @4000rpm. Most reports on AF1 are suggesting 14v with Compufire's.
I don't know enough about R/R's to know whether this a "feature" of series R/R's or what.

[liljegren]

I bought a Tuono last year, the bloke had it parked up for long periods. I got it home and it started doing strange things, started reading all the diagnostic stuff on the Aprilia sites. Got all hot and bothered, but then decided to buy a GOOD, NEW battery. Sorted. These bikes need alot of voltage on startup, and they need a healthy charging system. Dont bother with voltage reg, stator brown connectors, till you try a new battery. You're welcome.

[Latte]

Just replaced the starter relay on mine with an R1 unit. Went from sluggish to healthy cranking instantly. And that was after 3-4 weeks of sitting around waiting for the replacement.

[nosebleed]

I bought a Tuono last year, the bloke had it parked up for long periods. I got it home and it started doing strange things, started reading all the diagnostic stuff on the Aprilia sites. Got all hot and bothered, but then decided to buy a GOOD, NEW battery. Sorted. These bikes need alot of voltage on startup, and they need a healthy charging system. Dont bother with voltage reg, stator brown connectors, till you try a new battery. You're welcome.

In fact they dont need a lot of volts at all. Minimum of 10v at crank will see it start every time. What they do need is good CCA.

Hope you followed the "Correct Battery Replacement Procedure" (tm)

Welcome to the fold/fowld/fould, btw.